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

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