Pride isessentiallycompetitiveHe will not bethinking abouthumility: he willnot be thinkingabout himself atallA proud manis alwayslooking downon thingsand peoplePride leads toevery othervice: it is thecomplete anti-God state ofmindThedevillaughsAs long asyou areproud youcannot knowGodIt is purelyspiritual:consequently itis far moresubtle anddeadlyWe pit ourwillagainstGod’s. . . we shall not bewell so long as welove and admireanything morethan we love andadmire GodOnce theelement ofcompetitionhas gone,pride has goneIf God were proudHe would hardlyhave us on suchterms: but He isnot proud, Hestoops to conquerIt is thepower bywhich Satanwishes toreign over usGod will have ahumble people.Either we canchoose to behumble or we canbe compelled tobe humbleIf you think youare notconceited, itmeans you arevery conceitedindeedthe worst of allthe vices cansmuggle itselfinto the verycenter of ourreligious life. . .theessentialvice, theutmost evil,is PrideThe firststep is torealize thatone is proudLet uschoose tobehumble.. . . Pride isspiritual cancer:it eats up thevery possibilityof love, orcontentment . . .The centralfeature of pride isenmity—enmitytoward God andenmity towardour fellowmen. . . thepleasure ofbeing abovethe rest. . . eachperson's prideis incompetitionwith everyoneelse's pride. . . any of usmay at anymoment bein this death-trap“Blessed are theywho humblethemselveswithout beingcompelled to behumble.” (Alma32:16.). . . you lookdown on othersso much thatyou do not carewhat they thinkof youIt is better toforget aboutyourselfaltogetherAs Paul said,they “seek theirown, not thethings whichare JesusChrist’s.”. . . seeyourself asa small,dirty objectAnd the morewe have itourselves, themore we dislikeit in othersPride isessentiallycompetitiveHe will not bethinking abouthumility: he willnot be thinkingabout himself atallA proud manis alwayslooking downon thingsand peoplePride leads toevery othervice: it is thecomplete anti-God state ofmindThedevillaughsAs long asyou areproud youcannot knowGodIt is purelyspiritual:consequently itis far moresubtle anddeadlyWe pit ourwillagainstGod’s. . . we shall not bewell so long as welove and admireanything morethan we love andadmire GodOnce theelement ofcompetitionhas gone,pride has goneIf God were proudHe would hardlyhave us on suchterms: but He isnot proud, Hestoops to conquerIt is thepower bywhich Satanwishes toreign over usGod will have ahumble people.Either we canchoose to behumble or we canbe compelled tobe humbleIf you think youare notconceited, itmeans you arevery conceitedindeedthe worst of allthe vices cansmuggle itselfinto the verycenter of ourreligious life. . .theessentialvice, theutmost evil,is PrideThe firststep is torealize thatone is proudLet uschoose tobehumble.. . . Pride isspiritual cancer:it eats up thevery possibilityof love, orcontentment . . .The centralfeature of pride isenmity—enmitytoward God andenmity towardour fellowmen. . . thepleasure ofbeing abovethe rest. . . eachperson's prideis incompetitionwith everyoneelse's pride. . . any of usmay at anymoment bein this death-trap“Blessed are theywho humblethemselveswithout beingcompelled to behumble.” (Alma32:16.). . . you lookdown on othersso much thatyou do not carewhat they thinkof youIt is better toforget aboutyourselfaltogetherAs Paul said,they “seek theirown, not thethings whichare JesusChrist’s.”. . . seeyourself asa small,dirty objectAnd 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. Pride is essentially competitive
  2. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all
  3. A proud man is always looking down on things and people
  4. Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind
  5. The devil laughs
  6. As long as you are proud you cannot know God
  7. It is purely spiritual: consequently it is far more subtle and deadly
  8. We pit our will against God’s
  9. . . . we shall not be well so long as we love and admire anything more than we love and admire God
  10. Once the element of competition has gone, pride has gone
  11. If God were proud He would hardly have us on such terms: but He is not proud, He stoops to conquer
  12. It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us
  13. God will have a humble people. Either we can choose to be humble or we can be compelled to be humble
  14. If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed
  15. the worst of all the vices can smuggle itself into the very center of our religious life
  16. . . .the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride
  17. The first step is to realize that one is proud
  18. Let us choose to be humble.
  19. . . . Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment . . .
  20. The central feature of pride is enmity—enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen
  21. . . . the pleasure of being above the rest
  22. . . . each person's pride is in competition with everyone else's pride
  23. . . . any of us may at any moment be in this death-trap
  24. “Blessed are they who humble themselves without being compelled to be humble.” (Alma 32:16.)
  25. . . . you look down on others so much that you do not care what they think of you
  26. It is better to forget about yourself altogether
  27. As Paul said, they “seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.”
  28. . . . see yourself as a small, dirty object
  29. And the more we have it ourselves, the more we dislike it in others