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

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