Pride isessentiallycompetitiveIf God were proudHe would hardlyhave us on suchterms: but He isnot proud, Hestoops to conquerIt is purelyspiritual:consequently itis far moresubtle anddeadly. . . you lookdown on othersso much thatyou do not carewhat they thinkof you. . .theessentialvice, theutmost evil,is Pride. . . 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 life. . . any of usmay at anymoment bein this death-trap. . . eachperson's prideis incompetitionwith everyoneelse's prideThe centralfeature of pride isenmity—enmitytoward God andenmity towardour fellowmenThedevillaughsOnce theelement ofcompetitionhas gone,pride has goneAs Paul said,they “seek theirown, not thethings whichare JesusChrist’s.”“Blessed are theywho humblethemselveswithout beingcompelled to behumble.” (Alma32:16.)As long asyou areproud youcannot knowGodThe firststep is torealize thatone is proud. . . thepleasure ofbeing abovethe restGod will have ahumble people.Either we canchoose to behumble or we canbe compelled tobe humbleWe pit ourwillagainstGod’sHe will not bethinking abouthumility: he willnot be thinkingabout himself atallIt is thepower bywhich Satanwishes toreign over usA proud manis alwayslooking downon thingsand peopleIt is better toforget aboutyourselfaltogether. . . seeyourself asa small,dirty objectAnd the morewe have itourselves, themore we dislikeit in othersIf you think youare notconceited, itmeans you arevery conceitedindeedLet uschoose tobehumble.. . . Pride isspiritual cancer:it eats up thevery possibilityof love, orcontentment . . .Pride leads toevery othervice: it is thecomplete anti-God state ofmindPride isessentiallycompetitiveIf God were proudHe would hardlyhave us on suchterms: but He isnot proud, Hestoops to conquerIt is purelyspiritual:consequently itis far moresubtle anddeadly. . . you lookdown on othersso much thatyou do not carewhat they thinkof you. . .theessentialvice, theutmost evil,is Pride. . . 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 life. . . any of usmay at anymoment bein this death-trap. . . eachperson's prideis incompetitionwith everyoneelse's prideThe centralfeature of pride isenmity—enmitytoward God andenmity towardour fellowmenThedevillaughsOnce theelement ofcompetitionhas gone,pride has goneAs Paul said,they “seek theirown, not thethings whichare JesusChrist’s.”“Blessed are theywho humblethemselveswithout beingcompelled to behumble.” (Alma32:16.)As long asyou areproud youcannot knowGodThe firststep is torealize thatone is proud. . . thepleasure ofbeing abovethe restGod will have ahumble people.Either we canchoose to behumble or we canbe compelled tobe humbleWe pit ourwillagainstGod’sHe will not bethinking abouthumility: he willnot be thinkingabout himself atallIt is thepower bywhich Satanwishes toreign over usA proud manis alwayslooking downon thingsand peopleIt is better toforget aboutyourselfaltogether. . . seeyourself asa small,dirty objectAnd the morewe have itourselves, themore we dislikeit in othersIf you think youare notconceited, itmeans you arevery conceitedindeedLet uschoose tobehumble.. . . Pride isspiritual cancer:it eats up thevery possibilityof love, orcontentment . . .Pride leads toevery othervice: it is thecomplete anti-God state ofmind

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