A talk on temples and temple work
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 temples and temple work 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.
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How long
A 10-minute talk on temples and temple work
About 1,300 words when you read it aloud. Built from conference talks mainly about temples and temple work.
Stories you could open with
Scriptures talks are built on
5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Malachi 4:5-6 the main scripture in 20 talks
1 Corinthians 15:29 the main scripture in 10 talks
Doctrine and Covenants 128:15 the main scripture in 7 talks
Doctrine and Covenants 109:22 the main scripture in 6 talks
Teach from prophets, apostles, and leaders
Ronald A. Rasband, 2025
Give the Lord equal time and take part in the hastening of his work.
Russell M. Nelson, 2024
Prepare for the Second Coming by making discipleship your highest priority.
Gerrit W. Gong, 2024
Make holiness to the Lord part of everyday life
Something that happened to you goes here, about 2 minutes.
Your testimony. What you know about temples and temple work, in your own words.
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Your talk
Your talk so far
A 10-minute talk on temples and temple work Dedicating the Mendoza temple, Rasband sees Ballard's acorn prophecy for South America fulfilled. (Ronald A. Rasband, 2025) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2025/04/15rasband?lang=eng Malachi 4:5-6: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/mal/4?lang=eng&id=p5#p5 Give the Lord equal time and take part in the hastening of his work. (Ronald A. Rasband, Right Before Our Eyes, 2025) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2025/04/15rasband?lang=eng Something that happened to you goes here, about 2 minutes. ______________________ Your testimony. What you know about temples and temple work, in your own words. ______________________
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James R. Rasband, 2025
Rasband draws from the Kirtland Temple prayer that God's plan is a plan of mercy found in temples.
Neil L. Andersen, 2024
Andersen explains why temples are spreading now and promises their blessings to faithful worshippers.
Henry B. Eyring, 2024
Kept temple covenants bring peace, eternal family ties and revelation whatever trials come.
Ulisses Soares, 2024
Soares urges members to prepare for the temple and gain confidence in its covenants through Christ.
J. Kimo Esplin, 2023
Esplin tells of an Okinawan war survivor who found Christ and the temple, showing how temples heal.
Questions people ask
- How long should a talk on temples and temple work 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 temples and temple work?
- 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 temples and temple work?
- 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.