A talk on tithing
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 tithing 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 tithing
About 1,300 words when you read it aloud. Built from conference talks mainly about tithing.
Stories you could open with
Scriptures talks are built on
8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. 9Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. 10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Malachi 3:8-10 the main scripture in 20 talks
Doctrine and Covenants 119:4 the main scripture in 7 talks
Doctrine and Covenants 130:20-21 the main scripture in 3 talks
Doctrine and Covenants 120:1 the main scripture in 2 talks
Teach from prophets, apostles, and leaders
Robert D. Hales, 2002
Pay a full tithe to open the windows of heaven and qualify for the temple.
Thomas S. Monson, 1996
Be an example by paying an honest tithe and generous fast offerings to bless the needy
Something that happened to you goes here, about 2 minutes.
Your testimony. What you know about tithing, in your own words.
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Your talk
Your talk so far
A 10-minute talk on tithing Behind on tithing, a young father sells his car for exactly what he owes, then a friend offers him another car. (Jorge T. Becerra, 2026) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2026/04/18becerra?lang=eng Malachi 3:8-10: Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/mal/3?lang=eng&id=p8#p8 Pay tithing and watch for its subtle blessings (David A. Bednar, The Windows of Heaven, 2013) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2013/10/the-windows-of-heaven?lang=eng Something that happened to you goes here, about 2 minutes. ______________________ Your testimony. What you know about tithing, in your own words. ______________________
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Jorge T. Becerra, 2026
Overcome double-mindedness by putting God first, beginning with paying tithing.
Neil L. Andersen, 2023
Tithing is a matter of faith; it opens heaven's blessings and funds the Lord's worldwide work.
David A. Bednar, 2013
Tithing brings subtle but real blessings, and the Church handles tithes with the Lord's simple pattern.
Carl B. Pratt, 2011
Pratt shares his grandparents' tithing story and teaches that tithing's greatest blessings are spiritual.
Sheldon F. Child, 2008
Child testifies that paying an honest tithing brings temporal and spiritual blessings.
Questions people ask
- How long should a talk on tithing 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 tithing?
- 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 tithing?
- 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.