15 things I learned at church last week

Here's what I learned, or re-learned, at church last week. 

Most of these aren't exact quotes because I can’t write that 
fast, but they should be pretty close:

1. From the opening song, Improve the Shining Moments:
   “…Promptings bringeth softly blessings rich and pure.” 
2. “We cannot be grateful and envious at the same time.”
3. “Instead of scrolling, look around and notice who needs a hug or to be noticed or needs
   help.
4. “We are all given only so much time in this life. We need to cut down on distractions so
   we can better serve the Lord by better serving the people around us.” 
5. A suggestion was made during the first talk in Sacrament meeting…."if you are say,
   searching for a recipe on the internet, set the timer for 5 minutes. If you have not found
   it when it goes off, set it for another 5 minutes. I guess this keeps one focused on the
   task and will keep us from becoming distracted elsewhere on the net with no real
   purpose."
6. "We need to remember that 'We’re all just walking each other home.”
7. “Potential is God’s gift to us. What we do with it, is our gift to Him.” 
8. “I think we will be surprised when we get to heaven at how familiar our Heavenly
   Father’s face is to us. It won’t be the first time we have seen Him, because of course
   we knew Him well before we came to earth.”
9. “When we pray to Heavenly Father try to envision Him and look into His face as if we are
   having a conversation with Him, because we are.”
10. “Heavenly Father knows each of us so well that He knows how to speak to us.” (This one
    in particular I've thought of lots since I heard it. He knows how to get our attention.)
11. A comment during one of our lessons: “I really believe Satan holds councils and says
    things like “Donna is going to church again today, is there anything we can do about
    that?”
12. “Heavenly Father knows our limitations, but he helps us always to accomplish our
    purposes.”
13. “We want our bishop and our stake president to be perfect. We want all our church
    leaders to be perfect. We want Joseph Smith to be perfect. But they aren’t. Heavenly
    Father has always had imperfect people to work with.”
14. “Following the Savior removes barriers from you, and the help Heavenly Father wants to
    give to you. 
15. And this last one is a direct quote from President Dieter F. Utchdorf from our last
    General Conference, as it was read in our last meeting of the day:
    
    “On your journey back to Heavenly Father you will soon realize that this journey 
    isn’t just about focusing on your own life. No, this path inevitably leads you to 
    become a blessing in the lives of God’s other children—your brothers and sisters. 
    And the interesting thing about the journey is that as you serve God, and as you 
    care for and help your fellowmen, you will see great progress in your own life, in 
    ways you could never imagine.”