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

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