Receive, and the Lord Will Give More
From “Closing Remarks,” by President Dallin H. Oaks · Sunday afternoon session, October 2026 General Conference
The big idea
Conference keeps blessing us after it ends: as we study and ponder the talks prayerfully and act in faith on them, the Lord promises to give us more.
Objective
Learners will choose one talk from this conference to study prayerfully this week and write down one way they will act in faith on what they learn.
Before you teach
- Read President Oaks’s closing remarks (seven short paragraphs) and 2 Nephi 28:30.
- Write four words on the board: STUDY, PONDER, PRAY, ACT.
- Bring a slip of paper and a pencil for each person.
- Have the list of talks from this conference ready to show or pass around (Gospel Library or the conference issue of the Liahona).
Lesson plan
Thirty minutes in 6 parts. Times are a guide; let the Spirit and the learners set the pace.
What has stayed with you?
- After the opening prayer, hand out paper. Give one quiet minute to write one thing from this general conference that has stayed with them: a phrase, a feeling, a prompting.
- Invite each person to turn to a neighbor and share what they wrote and why they think it stayed.
- Explain that today’s lesson comes from the very short message President Oaks gave at the close of conference, and that it is about what we do next.
- What from this conference has stayed with you, and why do you think it did?
The invitation in his words
- Ask someone to read aloud the first two paragraphs of the closing remarks (T37.01 and T37.02 in key quotes). Ask the class to listen for what President Oaks says conference did for us and what he invites us to do now.
- Point to the four words on the board. Form groups of three and give each group one or two of the words. Ask: what does this word add that simply listening once does not?
- After three minutes, hear one sentence from each group.
- Check for understanding: ask one person to restate the whole invitation in their own words.
- President Oaks says conference inspired us to focus on the teachings of Jesus Christ and His Father’s plan. Where did you feel that focus?
- What is the difference between reading a talk and studying it? Between thinking about it and pondering it prayerfully?
- Why do you think he says to act “in faith” rather than only to act?
The promise
- Read again the last sentence of T37.02: the Lord’s promise that He gives more to the one who receives.
- In pairs, read 2 Nephi 28:30. Ask pairs to look for two things: how the Lord gives, and what happens to those who decide they have enough.
- Read Moroni 10:3–5 together and ask what it adds about how to receive truth from God.
- Share President Uchtdorf’s words from this conference (aligned quotes) and invite two or three people to answer the questions below from their own experience. Let silence do its work before you speak.
- When has acting on one small thing you learned opened the way for the Lord to teach you more?
- What does receiving look like on an ordinary weekday?
Looking forward to the house of the Lord
- Ask someone to read paragraphs three through five of the closing remarks. Have the class listen for the date and for whom the Church is welcoming.
- Note what President Oaks said: on April 5, 2027, the doors of the Salt Lake Temple will open to the public, the first such opening since 1893, and the world is welcome in person or virtually. He pointed us to TempleSquare.org and the Temple Square app, and to a video series called Dedicate.
- Read Elder Gong’s words (aligned quotes). Give thirty seconds of quiet for each person to think of one name.
- President Oaks says we are welcoming the world. Who is one person you could welcome, in person or virtually?
- What would help you feel ready to extend that welcome?
Choose one talk and make a plan
- Show or pass around the list of conference talks. Invite a silent prayer, then ask each person to choose one talk to study first. Suggest simple ways to choose: a title that speaks to a question they are carrying, a message during which they felt something, or the talk they wrote about at the start of class.
- On their paper, have them write four lines: the talk; when and where they will study it; one question they will pray about as they ponder it; and a blank line labeled What I will do, to fill in after they study.
- Invite them to read James 1:22 silently and then tell a neighbor their plan.
His blessing and testimony
- Read aloud President Oaks’s blessing (T37.06) and his testimony (T37.07). Ask the class to listen as people the blessing was given to.
- Add your own brief testimony of the Savior and of His promise to give more to those who receive.
- Follow up: tell the class that next week you will begin by asking two or three people what they received from the talk they chose and what they did about it.
Key passages from the talk
“the great messages of this conference and the Spirit of the Lord have inspired all of us to concentrate our worship, focus our learning, and unite our testimonies on the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Father’s plan for our eternal increase and joy.”
“As the talks of this conference are published, we invite all to study and ponder them prayerfully and to act in faith on the principles they explain. The Lord has promised, ‘Unto him that receiveth I will give more.’”
“As we now go forward, we invoke the blessings of the Lord on you and your families, blessings of peace and contentment. And we bless your service of the Lord Jesus Christ in these challenging times.”
“Truth is to be found here—truth about the teachings of the Lord and truth about the covenant path that will lead us to our destiny, the destiny desired by our Heavenly Father.”
The speaker’s direct invitation
“As the talks of this conference are published, we invite all to study and ponder them prayerfully and to act in faith on the principles they explain.”
The speaker’s direct counsel
Direct instructions in his exact words. They are not counted among the invitations.
“Join us at TempleSquare.org or through the Temple Square app to learn more.”
Scriptures
- 2 Nephi 28:30 The source of the promise President Oaks quotes. Read in pairs; look for how the Lord gives and what happens to those who say they have enough.
- Moroni 10:3–5 Read together in the promise segment; ask what it adds about how to receive truth from God.
- James 1:22 Read silently while making a plan; let it move each person from hearing a talk to doing something about it.
Other voices that agree
“Spiritual growth is rarely dramatic at the beginning.”
“let us celebrate and treasure even more the spiritual blessings temples bring”
Three things to remember
- Conference is meant to be studied, pondered prayerfully and acted on, not only heard.
- The Lord promises to give more to those who receive what He has already given.
- The doors of the Salt Lake Temple will open to the public on April 5, 2027, and we can help welcome the world.
Ways to act this week
- Study the one talk you chose, at the time you wrote down, with a prayer before and after.
- Fill in the blank line on your paper with one thing you will do, and do it before next Sunday.
- Visit TempleSquare.org or the Temple Square app and decide whom you will welcome to learn more with you.
- Tell one person at home what you received from the talk you studied.
Suggestions written for this lesson, not the speaker’s words.
Music
- As I Search the Holy Scriptures
- We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet
Adapting the lesson
- At home: sit around the table, let each person choose a talk, and post the plans on the refrigerator; report at the next home evening.
- Large class: skip the groups of three and have neighbors discuss just one of the four words; take only two comments per question.
- Short on time: keep the invitation, the promise, and the choose-and-plan segments; read the temple paragraphs aloud without discussion.
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.