October 2026 General Conference › Lessons › Brother Gabriel W. Reid › Youth

30-minute lesson · Youth · Ages 11–18: classes, quorums, or home

Qualified by Love

From “You Are Good Enough to Teach,” by Brother Gabriel W. Reid · Sunday afternoon session, October 2026 General Conference

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The big idea

You do not have to know everything to share the gospel of Jesus Christ; when you love the Savior, He helps you love and teach others.

Objective

Youth will find in the scriptures the promise the Lord gives to people who feel unqualified, and practice sharing one truth about the Savior with love in under a minute.

Before you teach

  • Read Brother Reid's talk, especially T35.01–11 and T35.37–45.
  • Bring slips of paper and pens, and a timer (a phone works).
  • Write on the board, covered or folded until segment 3: Who felt unqualified? What did the Lord promise?
  • Ask the youth to have scriptures or the Gospel Library app ready.

Lesson plan

Thirty minutes in 6 parts. Times are a guide; let the Spirit and the learners set the pace.

4 min0–4

Write your headline

  1. As soon as the prayer ends, hand out slips of paper. Say: A news site is announcing that you have been asked to teach the gospel. You have one minute to write the headline about yourself. Funny is fine.
  2. Have a few volunteers read theirs.
  3. Tell them that when Brother Gabriel W. Reid was sustained in the Sunday School General Presidency, a real headline said the new leaders included men involved in Church education and an NFL player. He joked that he was glad it gave no names, because he hoped people would think he was one of the scholars.
  4. Read the first key quote. He told the whole Church that he felt inadequate, overwhelmed and completely out of place.
4 min4–8

The honest question

  1. Ask the youth to show with fingers, one to five, held close to the chest if they prefer: How ready do you feel to explain what you believe to a friend who asks?
  2. Say that Brother Reid named the two questions many of us carry: Do I know enough? Am I good enough to teach the gospel of Jesus Christ?
  3. Take two or three honest answers to the questions below. Accept them without fixing them.
Ask
  • When do those questions show up for you: a friend's question at school, a talk, a lesson, ministering, thinking about a mission?
  • What do you usually do when you feel that way?
7 min8–15

Promise hunt

  1. Uncover the two board questions. Divide into four teams and give each one passage: Matthew 4:19; Alma 17:10–11 (with Mosiah 27:8–10 for background); Exodus 4:10–12; Moses 6:31–34.
  2. Set a timer for three minutes. Each team finds the answers to both board questions and prepares a ten-word-or-fewer summary of the Lord's promise. Shortest accurate summary wins the round.
  3. Teams report. Write each promise on the board.
  4. Read the second key quote. Point out what Brother Reid noticed: the Savior often gave a promise along with the invitation to teach, and He did not wait for the fishermen to become master teachers first. He also reminded us that the sons of Mosiah had a past marked by rebellion before their hearts were changed through the Savior's redeeming power.
Ask
  • What do these four people have in common with someone your age?
  • Which promise would you most want the Lord to say to you?
6 min15–21

What you remember

  1. Tell the story: Brother Reid grew up in the village of Leone, American Samoa, one of 13 children. Many of his earliest Primary classes were held in the shade of a mango tree. His teachers prepared every lesson, but what he remembers most is how they loved the children and knew each one by name.
  2. Thirty seconds of silent thinking: Who is one person who helped you believe? Then pair-share: What did that person do? Was it mostly what they knew, or how they treated you?
  3. Read the third key quote and Elder Dube's words (aligned quote).
  4. Explain that Brother Reid says the answer to whether we are good enough is yes, and he gives the reason: not because we know everything or always feel confident, but because we can love the Master Teacher.
Ask
  • Why does love reach people when a perfect explanation sometimes does not?
6 min21–27

One-minute teachers

  1. Pair up. Each person takes one quiet minute to choose one thing he or she loves or believes about Jesus Christ, with a verse or a personal experience to go with it. Phones and scriptures out.
  2. Partner A shares for no more than one minute while you time it. No notes needed and no polish required; the only rule is to speak to the partner, not at the floor.
  3. Partner B answers one question: What did you feel or learn? Then switch.
  4. Check for understanding with the whole group using the question below.
Ask
  • Brother Reid says the purpose of a lesson is for people to leave thinking about and loving the Savior, not talking about the teacher. From what you just did, what helps that happen?
3 min27–30

Your week

  1. Read the two invitations aloud. Explain that Brother Reid gave them to every gospel teacher and every disciple, and that he said the Lord invites all of us to teach.
  2. Read the fourth key quote as the promise that goes with them.
  3. On the back of the headline slip, each youth writes one item from the act list, or one of their own, and the name of one person it involves. They keep the slip in their scriptures or take a photo of it.
  4. Tell them you will start next week by asking for one-sentence reports. Close with your testimony that the Lord knew whom He was calling when He called them.

Key passages from the talk

“Lord, I love You, but do You really have the right person?”

Brother Reid’s talk, paragraph 4

“We were never meant to do His work alone.”

Brother Reid’s talk, paragraph 11

“The impact of a gospel teacher is not just the message—it is the love of the messenger.”

Brother Reid’s talk, paragraph 22

“And as you deepen your love for the One you teach about, He will teach you, walk beside you, and gradually make you into the teacher He knows you can become.”

Brother Reid’s talk, paragraph 42

The speaker’s direct invitations

“Love the Lord and love those you teach.”

Brother Reid’s talk, paragraph 15

“the invitation is the same. Come unto the Master Teacher. Learn of Him. Love Him.”

Brother Reid’s talk, paragraph 43

Scriptures

  • Matthew 4:19 Team 1 in the promise hunt: who was called, and what the Savior promised to make of them.
  • Alma 17:10–11 Team 2 in the promise hunt; glance at Mosiah 27:8–10 first to see who the sons of Mosiah had been.
  • Exodus 4:10–12 Team 3 in the promise hunt: what Moses said about himself and how the Lord answered.
  • Moses 6:31–34 Team 4 in the promise hunt: why Enoch felt unqualified and what the Lord promised him.

Other voices that agree

“We do not need to perfect ourselves to come to Christ. We come to Christ to be perfected.”

Elder Dube · Come unto Christ, paragraph 10

“He sees not only who we are but who we can become.”

President Chibota · A Child of God, paragraph 9

Three things to remember

  • Feeling unqualified does not mean the Lord has the wrong person.
  • The Lord's invitation to teach comes with His promise to help.
  • I am good enough to share the gospel because I can love the Savior.

Ways to act this week

  • Spend five minutes a day in the Gospels or 3 Nephi 11–17 looking for one thing about the Savior you love, and write it in your notes app.
  • Learn the name of one person in your class, quorum or school you do not know, and use it every time you see them this week.
  • Share your one-minute truth about the Savior with someone at home or with a friend, in person or by message.
  • The next time someone asks a gospel question you cannot answer, say you do not know yet, share what you do believe about Jesus Christ, and offer to find out together.

Suggestions written for this lesson, not the speaker’s words.

Music

  • Come, Follow Me

Adapting the lesson

  • At home or with two or three youth: do the promise hunt together, one passage at a time, and let everyone share in the one-minute teaching.
  • Large class: run the promise hunt with several teams on the same passage and compare summaries.
  • Short on time: do the headline, two promise-hunt passages (Matthew 4:19 and Exodus 4:10–12), the one-minute teaching, and the invitation.

This lesson is an independent study aid written for this site. It is not an official lesson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Quotations are word for word from the official talk; paragraph numbers count the paragraphs of the talk as published at churchofjesuschrist.org, not counting headings or picture captions. The activities, questions and ideas for acting are suggestions; follow the Spirit and adapt them to those you teach.