He will not bethinking abouthumility: he willnot be thinkingabout himself atall. . . eachperson's prideis incompetitionwith everyoneelse's prideWe pit ourwillagainstGod’sthe worst of allthe vices cansmuggle itselfinto the verycenter of ourreligious life. . . Pride isspiritual cancer:it eats up thevery possibilityof love, orcontentment . . .. . .theessentialvice, theutmost evil,is PrideAs Paul said,they “seek theirown, not thethings whichare JesusChrist’s.”Pride leads toevery othervice: it is thecomplete anti-God state ofmindAnd the morewe have itourselves, themore we dislikeit in othersLet uschoose tobehumble.The firststep is torealize thatone is proud. . . seeyourself asa small,dirty objectGod will have ahumble people.Either we canchoose to behumble or we canbe compelled tobe humbleIf God were proudHe would hardlyhave us on suchterms: but He isnot proud, Hestoops to conquerThe 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 God. . . any of usmay at anymoment bein this death-trap. . . you lookdown on othersso much thatyou do not carewhat they thinkof youPride isessentiallycompetitiveA proud manis alwayslooking downon thingsand peopleIt is purelyspiritual:consequently itis far moresubtle anddeadlyIt is better toforget aboutyourselfaltogetherThedevillaughsOnce theelement ofcompetitionhas gone,pride has goneAs long asyou areproud youcannot knowGod“Blessed are theywho humblethemselveswithout beingcompelled to behumble.” (Alma32:16.)If you think youare notconceited, itmeans you arevery conceitedindeedIt is thepower bywhich Satanwishes toreign over usHe will not bethinking abouthumility: he willnot be thinkingabout himself atall. . . eachperson's prideis incompetitionwith everyoneelse's prideWe pit ourwillagainstGod’sthe worst of allthe vices cansmuggle itselfinto the verycenter of ourreligious life. . . Pride isspiritual cancer:it eats up thevery possibilityof love, orcontentment . . .. . .theessentialvice, theutmost evil,is PrideAs Paul said,they “seek theirown, not thethings whichare JesusChrist’s.”Pride leads toevery othervice: it is thecomplete anti-God state ofmindAnd the morewe have itourselves, themore we dislikeit in othersLet uschoose tobehumble.The firststep is torealize thatone is proud. . . seeyourself asa small,dirty objectGod will have ahumble people.Either we canchoose to behumble or we canbe compelled tobe humbleIf God were proudHe would hardlyhave us on suchterms: but He isnot proud, Hestoops to conquerThe 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 God. . . any of usmay at anymoment bein this death-trap. . . you lookdown on othersso much thatyou do not carewhat they thinkof youPride isessentiallycompetitiveA proud manis alwayslooking downon thingsand peopleIt is purelyspiritual:consequently itis far moresubtle anddeadlyIt is better toforget aboutyourselfaltogetherThedevillaughsOnce theelement ofcompetitionhas gone,pride has goneAs long asyou areproud youcannot knowGod“Blessed are theywho humblethemselveswithout beingcompelled to behumble.” (Alma32:16.)If you think youare notconceited, itmeans you arevery conceitedindeedIt is thepower bywhich Satanwishes toreign over us

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