A talk on hope
Before you start
This page is a template, not a talk. It's here to get your brain going. It's totally normal to feel nervous.
The best advice I can give you is to be you. What could you bring into this talk that's yours? Your view, your happiness, the joy the gospel has brought into your life. Pray about that. Think about it for a day.
The Gospel Library app has a ton of good material, so use it. Plenty of AI tools will happily write this talk for you too. Use them to brainstorm if it helps... but don't let them write it. You write the talk.
A prompt for ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or whatever you use
I'm giving a 10-minute talk on hope in church. Don't write the talk for me. Ask me five questions, one at a time, to help me find a story from my own life that fits. Then suggest a simple outline built from my answers, with blanks where my own words go.
Who is it for
How long
A 10-minute talk on hope
About 1,300 words when you read it aloud. Built from conference talks mainly about hope.
Stories you could open with
Scriptures talks are built on
2 Nephi 31:20 the main scripture in 9 talks
Moroni 7:41-42 the main scripture in 7 talks
John 16:33 the main scripture in 5 talks
Matthew 11:28-29 the main scripture in 4 talks
Teach from prophets, apostles, and leaders
Henry B. Eyring, 2022
Keep striving on the covenant path and encourage others as the Savior would
M. Russell Ballard, 2021
Every member, single or married, belongs and has hope of every blessing through Christ.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf, 2021
God is among us, so keep searching and invite Jesus Christ into your life
Something that happened to you goes here, about 2 minutes.
Your testimony. What you know about hope, in your own words.
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Your talk
Your talk so far
A 10-minute talk on hope A young man with a failing heart dies in transplant surgery, and his parents wake with joy. (Neil L. Andersen, 2024) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2024/10/12andersen?lang=eng 2 Nephi 31:20 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/31?lang=eng&id=p20#p20 Keep striving on the covenant path and encourage others as the Savior would (Henry B. Eyring, Legacy of Encouragement, 2022) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/10/51eyring?lang=eng Something that happened to you goes here, about 2 minutes. ______________________ Your testimony. What you know about hope, in your own words. ______________________
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Neil L. Andersen, 2024
Andersen teaches that hope in Christ is a gift that grows with faith and steadies us in tragedy.
Henry B. Eyring, 2022
Like Mormon and his own mother, we can encourage others home through faith, hope and charity.
Jeffrey R. Holland, 2020
Holland lists what 1820 seekers would have hoped for and urges hope in what is still to come.
Kyle S. McKay, 2019
McKay teaches that while we wait for deliverance, God blesses us immediately with peace, hope and love.
Jeffrey R. Holland, 2017
Holland urges members to stay in God's choir through hard days, trusting Jesus to hear their silence.
Questions people ask
- How long should a talk on hope be?
- As long as you were asked to fill. Sacrament meeting talks usually run five to fifteen minutes and youth talks are often shorter, so ask whoever gave you the assignment.
- How do I start a talk on hope?
- With a story. Pick one from this page or from your own life, then read the scripture that fits it. The outline on this page puts them in order.
- Can I use AI to write a talk on hope?
- Use it to brainstorm, not to write. The prompt on this page has AI ask you questions, so the talk ends up in your words.
- Is this an official Church site?
- No. It’s a family project. Every story and talk links to the real one on churchofjesuschrist.org, so read it there before you use it.