Weekly study · October 2026 General Conference

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Sunday Afternoon Session

You Are Good Enough to Teach

Brother Gabriel W. Reid

Second Counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency

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Wherever we teach—in classrooms, in the mission field, in our homes, or one by one—His promise remains the same: He will help us do His work.

Overview

Brother Gabriel W. Reid, newly called to the Sunday School General Presidency, opens by admitting he felt inadequate, and he jokes about a news headline that named "men involved in Church education and an NFL player" without saying which was which. He then answers the question many teachers ask, "Am I good enough to teach?" He shows that when the Savior called people to teach, He often gave a promise with the call: He would make the Galilean fishermen "fishers of men" and make the sons of Mosiah "an instrument" in His hands. Drawing on his childhood in Leone, American Samoa, his service leading the Australia Sydney Mission, and the Savior's ministry among the Nephites, he teaches that gospel teaching rests on love: love for the Lord, and love for the people you teach. He also speaks to the new 25-minute Sunday lessons. You are good enough to teach, he says, because you can love the Master Teacher, not because you know everything, and He will gradually make you into the teacher He knows you can become.

Three Key Takeaways

1When the Lord calls someone to teach, He usually gives a promise with the call. The fishermen and the sons of Mosiah were not polished teachers first. The Lord said He would make them into what He needed, so a teacher does not have to be ready before saying yes.
2The Savior taught His disciples who to become before He taught them where to go or what to say. Because the two great commandments sit at the heart of discipleship, a teacher's whole task comes down to loving the Lord and loving the people being taught.
3Love for the Savior comes first, and love for learners grows out of it. Brother Reid's parents loved the Lord, and because of that they loved their children in a way that helped them love Him too. As a mission leader, he found that as his love for the Savior deepened, the Savior helped him see the missionaries as He sees them.

Reflection Questions

When have you asked, as Brother Reid did, "Lord, do You really have the right person?" What promise from the Lord, in scripture or in your own experience, speaks to that feeling?
Brother Reid says the greatest lessons from his parents were "caught simply by watching them." What are the people you teach or live with learning from watching how you love the Savior?
Think of a teacher whose love helped you feel the Savior's love. What did that person do that you could do for the people you teach?

Application Prompt

This week, before you teach a class, a family, or one person, pray by name for each person you will teach, and plan your lesson around one way to help them feel closer to the Savior rather than around covering everything.