October 2026 General Conference › Talks › Brother Gabriel W. Reid
Brother Gabriel W. Reid
You Are Good Enough to Teach
Sunday School General Presidency
In brief
Brother Reid, newly called to the Sunday School General Presidency and once described in a headline as an NFL player, admits wondering whether he is good enough to teach the gospel. He notes that when the Savior called people to teach, He also promised to make them what He needed. Remembering his parents and Primary teachers in American Samoa, who taught beneath a mango tree and loved each child by name, he teaches that to teach like the Savior we must love like Him, and that a 25-minute lesson is an invitation to focus on helping people come to Christ.
Themes in this talk
Number of coded passages from this talk in each theme.
Direct invitations
Sentences where the speaker directly invited, urged, asked or pleaded with us to act, in the exact words.
“these two great commandments become one simple invitation: Love the Lord and love those you teach.”
“the invitation is the same. Come unto the Master Teacher. Learn of Him. Love Him.”
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Key passages
“He will teach you, walk beside you, and gradually make you into the teacher He knows you can become”
“The impact of a gospel teacher is not just the message—it is the love of the messenger.”
“If class members leave the lesson feeling closer to the Savior than when they came, we have taught enough.”
Scripture referenced
- Mark 1:17
- Matthew 4:19
- Mosiah 27:8–37
- Mosiah 28:1–3
- Alma 17:11
- Exodus 3:11–12
- Exodus 4:10–12
- Alma 17:10–11
- Helaman 10:1–5
- D&C 11:21
- Moses 6:31–34
- John 13:34–35
- John 21:15–17
- Matthew 22:36–40
- Mark 12:28–31
- Luke 10:25–28
- 3 Nephi 11:13–15
- 3 Nephi 11:16–41
- 3 Nephi 17:1–21
- John 14:26
- D&C 84:85
- Isaiah 41:10
- D&C 84:88
- Ether 12:27
- Matthew 11:28–30
- Moroni 10:32
- Matthew 11:29
- D&C 19:23
- D&C 88:118
- Matthew 22:37
- John 14:15
- 1 John 4:19
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