If you think youare notconceited, itmeans you arevery conceitedindeed“Blessed are theywho humblethemselveswithout beingcompelled to behumble.” (Alma32:16.)The centralfeature of pride isenmity—enmitytoward God andenmity towardour fellowmen. . . thepleasure ofbeing abovethe rest. . . we shall not bewell so long as welove and admireanything morethan we love andadmire Godthe worst of allthe vices cansmuggle itselfinto the verycenter of ourreligious lifeAnd the morewe have itourselves, themore we dislikeit in othersAs Paul said,they “seek theirown, not thethings whichare JesusChrist’s.”Pride isessentiallycompetitivePride leads toevery othervice: it is thecomplete anti-God state ofmind. . . eachperson's prideis incompetitionwith everyoneelse's prideA proud manis alwayslooking downon thingsand people. . .theessentialvice, theutmost evil,is PrideOnce theelement ofcompetitionhas gone,pride has goneGod will have ahumble people.Either we canchoose to behumble or we canbe compelled tobe humbleIt is thepower bywhich Satanwishes toreign over usThedevillaughs. . . any of usmay at anymoment bein this death-trap. . . seeyourself asa small,dirty objectLet uschoose tobehumble.He will not bethinking abouthumility: he willnot be thinkingabout himself atallWe pit ourwillagainstGod’sIf God were proudHe would hardlyhave us on suchterms: but He isnot proud, Hestoops to conquerIt is better toforget aboutyourselfaltogether. . . you lookdown on othersso much thatyou do not carewhat they thinkof youThe firststep is torealize thatone is proud. . . Pride isspiritual cancer:it eats up thevery possibilityof love, orcontentment . . .It is purelyspiritual:consequently itis far moresubtle anddeadlyAs long asyou areproud youcannot knowGodIf you think youare notconceited, itmeans you arevery conceitedindeed“Blessed are theywho humblethemselveswithout beingcompelled to behumble.” (Alma32:16.)The centralfeature of pride isenmity—enmitytoward God andenmity towardour fellowmen. . . thepleasure ofbeing abovethe rest. . . we shall not bewell so long as welove and admireanything morethan we love andadmire Godthe worst of allthe vices cansmuggle itselfinto the verycenter of ourreligious lifeAnd the morewe have itourselves, themore we dislikeit in othersAs Paul said,they “seek theirown, not thethings whichare JesusChrist’s.”Pride isessentiallycompetitivePride leads toevery othervice: it is thecomplete anti-God state ofmind. . . eachperson's prideis incompetitionwith everyoneelse's prideA proud manis alwayslooking downon thingsand people. . .theessentialvice, theutmost evil,is PrideOnce theelement ofcompetitionhas gone,pride has goneGod will have ahumble people.Either we canchoose to behumble or we canbe compelled tobe humbleIt is thepower bywhich Satanwishes toreign over usThedevillaughs. . . any of usmay at anymoment bein this death-trap. . . seeyourself asa small,dirty objectLet uschoose tobehumble.He will not bethinking abouthumility: he willnot be thinkingabout himself atallWe pit ourwillagainstGod’sIf God were proudHe would hardlyhave us on suchterms: but He isnot proud, Hestoops to conquerIt is better toforget aboutyourselfaltogether. . . you lookdown on othersso much thatyou do not carewhat they thinkof youThe firststep is torealize thatone is proud. . . Pride isspiritual cancer:it eats up thevery possibilityof love, orcontentment . . .It is purelyspiritual:consequently itis far moresubtle anddeadlyAs long asyou areproud youcannot knowGod

THE SIN OF PRIDE - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed
  2. “Blessed are they who humble themselves without being compelled to be humble.” (Alma 32:16.)
  3. The central feature of pride is enmity—enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen
  4. . . . the pleasure of being above the rest
  5. . . . we shall not be well so long as we love and admire anything more than we love and admire God
  6. the worst of all the vices can smuggle itself into the very center of our religious life
  7. And the more we have it ourselves, the more we dislike it in others
  8. As Paul said, they “seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.”
  9. Pride is essentially competitive
  10. Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind
  11. . . . each person's pride is in competition with everyone else's pride
  12. A proud man is always looking down on things and people
  13. . . .the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride
  14. Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone
  15. God will have a humble people. Either we can choose to be humble or we can be compelled to be humble
  16. It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us
  17. The devil laughs
  18. . . . any of us may at any moment be in this death-trap
  19. . . . see yourself as a small, dirty object
  20. Let us choose to be humble.
  21. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all
  22. We pit our will against God’s
  23. If God were proud He would hardly have us on such terms: but He is not proud, He stoops to conquer
  24. It is better to forget about yourself altogether
  25. . . . you look down on others so much that you do not care what they think of you
  26. The first step is to realize that one is proud
  27. . . . Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment . . .
  28. It is purely spiritual: consequently it is far more subtle and deadly
  29. As long as you are proud you cannot know God