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30-minute lesson · Children · Ages 3–11: Primary or home

My Testimony Is a Gift to Share

From “The Gift of Testimony,” by Elder Gérald Caussé · Saturday morning session, October 2026 General Conference

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The big idea

Heavenly Father gives me a testimony of Jesus Christ, and I can share it with simple, true words.

Objective

Each child will say one true sentence about Heavenly Father or Jesus Christ and choose someone to share it with this week.

Before you teach

  • Read T03.16 and T03.21–T03.22 in Elder Caussé’s talk.
  • Bring a flashlight, a small blanket or towel, and a soft ball.
  • Bring a small box or bag wrapped or tied like a present, with a picture of the Savior inside.
  • Bring paper and crayons for each child.

Lesson plan

Thirty minutes in 7 parts. Times are a guide; let the Spirit and the learners set the pace.

3 min0–3

What is in the gift?

  1. After the prayer, hold up the wrapped box. Ask the children what they like to do when they are given a present.
  2. Let a child open it and show the picture of the Savior to everyone.
  3. Explain that Elder Caussé, one of the Lord’s Apostles, taught that knowing Jesus Christ is the Son of God is a precious gift from Heavenly Father. That gift is called a testimony.
  4. Teach the sentence for today and say it together twice: My testimony is a gift to share.
Ask
  • What do you know about Jesus?
5 min3–8

Hidden light, shared light

  1. Dim the lights if you can. Turn on the flashlight and put it under the blanket. Ask who the light can help now.
  2. Let a child pull the blanket off and shine the light on the picture of the Savior. Ask what changed.
  3. Tell the children that Elder Caussé said a testimony is not something to be hidden; it is a gift to be shared.
  4. Movement: when you cover the flashlight, the children crouch down small and quiet. When you uncover it, they stand tall and say, I can share. Repeat four or five times, getting quicker.
Ask
  • How do we share a testimony? (We say what we know is true, and we show love.)
5 min8–13

The girl who said two sentences

  1. Tell the story simply: Elder Caussé’s niece went to a camp with other young women. She stood up to share her testimony. She felt so nervous that she said only two short sentences.
  2. Hold up one finger and say her first sentence: “I know that God loves me.” Hold up two fingers and say her second: “I know that God has a plan for me.” Have the children repeat both with their fingers.
  3. Continue: afterward she felt sad because she wished she could speak like the other girls. Her mother asked whether she believed what she had said. She said yes. Her mother told her that was all that mattered.
  4. Act it out: one child plays the niece and says the two sentences; another plays the mother and asks, Do you believe it? The class answers together, Yes. Repeat with new actors.
Ask
  • Does a testimony have to be long?
  • What does a testimony need to be? (True.)
5 min13–18

I know ball

  1. Sit in a circle. Explain that Elder Caussé said the Holy Ghost helps people feel that our words are true, even when our words are simple.
  2. Roll or gently toss the ball to a child. That child finishes the sentence I know… with something true about Heavenly Father or Jesus, then passes the ball on. Offer starters if needed: I know Jesus loves me. I know Heavenly Father hears my prayers.
  3. A child may repeat what another child said or pass with a smile. After each one, the class whispers, That is true.
  4. Go around until every child who wants a turn has had one. This is how you will know each child can say a simple testimony.
4 min18–22

Sing what we know

  1. Sing I Know My Father Lives. Ask the children to put a hand on their heart each time they sing the words I know.
  2. Tell them Elder Caussé taught that saying I love you with a kind and honest heart is also a way to share a testimony of Jesus, because all perfect love comes from Him.
  3. Stand and practice: turn to a neighbor and say, Jesus loves you. Then sing the song once more, or sing Jesus Said Love Everyone.
5 min22–27

Draw my testimony

  1. Give each child paper and crayons. Ask them to draw one thing they know is true about Heavenly Father or Jesus.
  2. As they draw, move around and help each child write, or write for them, one I know sentence at the bottom of the page.
  3. Ask each child to think of one person they could show the picture to and tell their sentence. Keep it open: someone at home, a grandparent, a friend, a neighbor, a teacher.
Ask
  • Who will you share your picture with?
3 min27–30

Share it this week

  1. Hold up the flashlight one more time and say the sentence together: My testimony is a gift to share.
  2. Tell the children that Elder Caussé invited everyone to look each day for a chance to share what they believe about Jesus, and he taught that when we share our testimony it grows stronger.
  3. Invite each child to share their picture and sentence with the person they chose. Tell them that next week you will ask who they shared with.
  4. Share your own testimony in two short sentences and close with prayer.

Key passages from the talk

“Our testimony is not a talent to be hidden. It is a gift to be shared”

Elder Caussé’s talk, paragraph 16

“It need not be long, eloquent, or dramatic—it only needs to be true.”

Elder Caussé’s talk, paragraph 22

“I love our Savior, Jesus Christ”

Elder Caussé’s talk, paragraph 31

The speaker’s direct invitation

“I invite you to look each day for opportunities, as prompted by the Holy Ghost, to bear witness of Jesus Christ and His restored gospel”

Elder Caussé’s talk, paragraph 31

Scriptures

  • Mosiah 18:9 With older children, read the verse aloud and ask them to listen for the word witnesses; explain that a witness tells what he or she knows is true.
  • D&C 68:6 Tell the children that this verse helped Elder Caussé feel peace; have an older child read it and ask what the Lord says to do instead of being afraid.

Other voices that agree

“I am a child of God and He loves me.”

Elder Fale · I Am a Child of God, paragraph 1

Three things to remember

  • My testimony is a gift from Heavenly Father.
  • My testimony can be short if it is true.
  • I can share what I know about Jesus and show love.

Ways to act this week

  • Show your picture to the person you chose and tell them your I know sentence.
  • Say I love you to someone this week and remember that love comes from Jesus.
  • When you pray, thank Heavenly Father for one thing you know is true.

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

Music

  • I Know My Father Lives
  • Jesus Said Love Everyone

Adapting the lesson

  • Ages 3–7. Shorten the story to three sentences and let every child hold up one and two fingers for the niece’s two sentences. Repeat the flashlight crouch-and-stand game between activities whenever attention drifts. In the ball game, say a sentence for the child to echo, such as I know Jesus loves me, and roll the ball instead of tossing it. Let a helper write each child’s sentence on the drawing.
  • Ages 8–11. Have a child read Mosiah 18:9 aloud and another read Elder Fale’s sentence in the aligned quote as an example of a short testimony. Ask the harder question: Why might a short testimony reach someone’s heart as well as a long one? Let an older child lead the ball game and another play the mother in the story. Invite them to write two I know sentences of their own on their drawing.

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.