Now that you’re prepared, lets begin!

1. Even though you will be proceeding through this lesson alone, it is still important that you do what you can to participate and show the spirit that you are ready to learn. The next few slides will teach you the things you can do to make your experience in this class the most fulfilling.

2. Before beginning, offer a prayer asking for help to learn, and apply the things we will be discussing today

3. 2. Be Prepared with your personal scriptures, and a set of marking pencils. In this lesson, we will use Red, Orange, Green, and Grey (or Blue) to highlight different verses.

4. 2. Obtain a study journal, and record any spiritual impressions you get in it. While you are welcome to use a fancy, or expensive journal, a spiral notebook will work just fine as well.

5. Now that you’re prepared, lets begin!

6. During this lesson, your goal will be, to learn to identify instances of pride. To do this it is important that we understand what pride is, both in the worlds eyes, and in the Lord’s eyes. Pride: The central feature of pride is enmity— enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen. Enmity means “hatred toward, hostility to, or a state of opposition.” It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us. a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in themind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc. Click on the image’s above to see the prophets definition, and the dictionaries definition

7. Click on the words or setnences bellow that describe pride according to our definition Now it’s time to practice. As you read about Janet’s day, click on sentences that describe examples of pride. Remember the definition, While this may look like an example of pride, remember our definition? President Uchtdorf explained that this form of pride is not necessarily bad. “I believe there is a difference between being proud of certain things and being prideful. I am proud of many things. I am proud of my wife. I am proud of our children and grandchildren.” (Click here to minimize this box) GOOD! This is a great example of pride. Janet is showing 1) Hatred, 2) Hostility towards, and 3) opposition too these girls. The “popular girls” may or may not be showing pride, but Janet certainly is. (Click here to minimize this box) Pride is: Hatred toward Hostility to Or a state of opposition to GREAT WORK! While this sentence doesn’t necessarily show hostility, or hatred, it certainly is in opposition to God, which is part of our definition. In reality, every time we sin, we are showing pride. This is why president Benson sa “Pride is the universal sin, the great vice. Yes, pride is the universal sin, the great vice. (Click here to minimize this Box) It’s homecoming week, and as Janet walks into school, she can see that her classmates are brimming with school pride . As she looked out of the corner of her eye, Janet couldn’t help but notice the “popular girl” crowd wearing their fancy clothes, and preparing the hallways. “I hate those girls” she thought “Always trying to make themselves better than everyone else.” Not wanting to waste time, Janet hurries on her way. When she reaches her locker, she quickly unlocks it, grabs her books, and hurries away, trying to avoid the continual swearing of the boys who’s lockers are around her. Not wanting to waste time, Janet hurries on her way. Finally she reaches class, and sits down next to her best friend who leans over to her and says “Can you believe that homework from Mr. Jay last night, talk about a waste of itme. I wish that guy would grow a brain or something.”. (Click here to read about Janet’s day) Yep, you found it! As you can see, Lisa is clearly showing pride with her comment, since the comment shows hatred, hostility, and opposition to Mr. Jensen (Click here to minimize this box)

8. Wait a minute! I understand how the boys by my locker, and my best friend were showing pride, but me? I never said I was better than them. How was that an example of pride? While it’s often easy to find examples of pride in others, it’s often very difficult to find them in ourselves. The previous story had three examples of pride: Janet’s hateful thoughts about the “Popular Girls” The boys who showed opposition to God by swearing The friend ‘s hateful, and hostile words about Mr. Jay Click here to learn how Janet was showing pride Click on Janets Mouth to see which one she was surprised about

9. Despite what most people think, pride isn’t just thinking your better than someone else. There are two types of pride, top-down, and Bottom up. Top Down Up Bottom Bottom up pride is also a sin of comparison. In bottom up pride however, the person essentially determines that someone else is better than them. It Is characterized by: Envy Jealousy Coveting Gossiping Backbitting Faultfinding Being unforgiving Top down pride is a sin of comparison, in which a person essentially says “I am better than you.” It is characterized by the following: Conceit Arrogance Haughtiness Boastfullness Self Centeredness (Click on the arrows to learn about the two types of pride)

10. Help Janet understand which type of pride she was showing by clicking on either the top down, or bottom-up arrow I think I get it. When I looked at the girls in the hall, I was showing several of the attributes of bottom up pride, all of which meet our original definition for pride: 1) hatred, 2) Hostility to, or 3) opposition to. I don’t understand, All of the things on the Top-down list seem to be ways of thinking your better than someone else. I didn’t do that. I know their better than I am, that’s why they bother me. In fact, I think it makes more sense to say I had bottom-up pride than top-down pride, don’t you? Top Down Up Bottom Bottom up pride is also a sin of comparison. In bottom up pride however, the person essentially determines that someone else is better than them. It Is characterized by: Envy Jealousy Coveting Gossiping Backbitting Faultfinding Being unforgiving Top down pride is a sin of comparison, in which a person essentially says “I am better than you.” It is characterized by the following: Conceit Arrogance Haughtiness Boastfullness Self Centeredness Now that we understand the two types of pride, lets see if we can identify them in a new situation.

11. Top Down Up Bottom Which type of Pride is this? Every Saturday Jake loves to watch football. One week, he and his budy are watching a game, when his Mom comes down and asks him to clean up some things, and do the dishes. He replies “yeah, in a minute,” and continues on with the game. At the conclusion of the game, he stands up and says, “Lets go get something to eat.” To which his budy replies “Don’t you need to do some chores first? “ “Eh” he says “somebody else will do them, it doesn’t need to be me.” Actually, Because Jake is essentially saying “My time is more important than yours” this is an example of top-down pride. Remember, one of the characteristics of Top-Down pride is self centeredness, which Jake is certainly showing. (Click here to minimize this box) That’s Right! Because Jake is being arrogant and self centered, he is exhibiting signs of top-down pride. I other words, he thinks his time and effort Is s more important than someone elses who will have to clean up his mess. (Click here to minimize this box) (Click on the arrow that you think shows Jake’s pride)

12. Top Down Up Bottom Which type of Pride is this? Nicole and Justin dated for 6 months, but recently broke up. One day in the hall, Nicole sees Rachel talking with him, and immediately started asking questions. “Why would he be interested in a girl like her?” she says, following with “have you heard the kind of things she does?” With the interest of several girls, she goes on, “Oh well, that won’t last long, when he realizes what a total ditz she is.” While Nicole could be exhibiting top-down pride as well (Thinking she is better than Rachel) her action more fully mirror the attributes of bottom-up pride, which include, envy, coveting, backbiting, and faultfinding, all of which she has done. (Click Here to minimize this box) Good Work! This is classic bottom up pride. Nicole attitude shows that she is full of envy, and covetousness. She is engaging in gossiping, backbiting, and faultfinding, all of which are characteristics of bottom-up pride. (Click here to minimize this box) (Click on the arrow that you think shows Nicole’s pride)

13. Ok, I get it, I had pride, but I still have one question. . . SO WHAT! I mean what difference does it make? Is it really that big of a deal if I have a little pride? In my life? (Click here to learn How to answer Janet’s question) Click on Janet’s mouth to see what question she has next

14. The model below is called The Pride Cycle. It shows not only how we become prideful, but the consequences that come when we do Humility Destruction Prosperity Pride When difficult times (Destruction) occur, we recognize the need for the Lord, and turn to him in humility When we are righteous and humble, the Lord blesses us with Prosperity in our lives. When we see all that we have been given, and attribute it to our own doings, we begin to become pridefull When we ignore the Lord’s warning to repent, destruction is eventually always the result. PROSPERITY HUMILITY PRIDE DESTRUCTION Click on an arrow in the Pride Cycle to learn how it works

15. The Pride Cycle PROSPERITY HUMILITY PRIDE DESTRUCTION The verses to the right are from Helaman 12, And explain how the pride cycle works in more detail. Click on the arrows to see where each part is discussed in the verses

16. The Pride Cycle is seen all over in the Scriptures, but especially in the Book of Helaman. Click on the verses Bellow to see how Helaman chapter 11 demonstrates The PrideCycle PRIDE PROSPERITY DESTRUCTION Vs. 1-2 Vs. 4,5 HUMILITY Vs. 7,9 Vs. 17,20

17. Now that you’ve seen one example Lets try explaining one to Janet. Read the verse on the right, then click on the arrow describing the part of the pride cycle the people are in. PRIDE PROSPERITY DESTRUCTION HUMILITY That’s right, because of their righteousness, the people at this time were enjoying great prosperity. Click here to proceed. While their blessings might cause them to be prideful, the verses don’t show that they’re at that stage yet. Click here for a a clue, and try again. While the people certainly had to be humble to get these blessings, it’s not the best description of where they are. Click here for a clue, and try again. No destruction quite yet, click here for a clue, and try again.

18. From what you know about the Pride Cycle, click on the arrow that you Think will happen next to the people PRIDE PROSPERITY DESTRUCTION What comes next? HUMILITY Remember, prosperity usually causes us to forget the Lord. Click on the Arrow that describes doing that. That’s right, as you can see prosperity caused the people to forget the Lord, and enter into sin, which is textbook pride. Click here to proceed. Prosperity isn’t what leads to destruction, it’s the feelings prosperity brings. Try again. Unfortunately, prosperity rarely leads to Humility, Try again.

19. From what you know about the Pride Cycle, click on the arrow that you Think will happen next to the people PRIDE PROSPERITY DESTRUCTION What comes next? HUMILITY While they will eventually be humbled, it’s not the next step after pride in the cycle You guessed it, when the people become prideful, they always eventually get destroyed. Click here to proceed. True, Pride does breed more pride, but what comes after pride? Nope, in the long run, pride never leads to prosperity

20. From what you know about the Pride Cycle, click on the arrow that you Think will happen next to the people PRIDE PROSPERITY DESTRUCTION What comes next? HUMILITY While they might end up prospering, that’s not the next step in the cycle, try again. Good, Destruction usually helps people recognize their dependence on the Lord. In this case, as you can see, it led the people to show their humility through repentance. While it’s possible, destruction is usually a cure for pride, not a cause of it, try again. Destruction doesn’t last forever, what comes after destruction?

21. All right, I get it, I know I’m not going to be physically destroyed, but when I have those feelings, it effects me spiritually right? So what do I do about it? I know I have pride, am I doomed to destruction? (Click here to learn How to answer Janet’s question) Click on Janet’s mouth to see what question she has next

22. The Prosperity Cycle The key to avoiding or escaping pride, is our focus. Click on the verse to the right from the book of Jarom, to see which part of the cycle the people were in, and guess what their focus might be. PROSPERITY As you can see the people were Extremely prosperous. According to the pride Cycle, the next step should be Pride. Click the arrow to read the next verse and see what happens.

23. The Prosperity Cycle PROSPERITY When the people are in danger of Pride, the Lord Always sends a prophet to warn them. Click on The word in verse 11 that shows what the prophets Tell the people to look to. Read the verse and click on who the Lord sent to warn the people about Pride

24. The Prosperity Cycle PROSPERITY The message of the prophets is always to look to The savior, who is the reason we are prosperous in the first place. In most examples the people don’t listen. Click the arrowto see if these people do.

25. The Prosperity Cycle HUMILITY PROSPERITY By listening to the prophets, the people remained humble, looked to Christ, and continued to prosper. In contrast to the Pride cycle, they entered into the Prosperity Cycle, avoiding destruction

26. That makes great sense, but can you explain the whole thing to me one more time, just to make sure I understand it right? (Click here to explain to Janet)

27. In the box below, explain to Janet what pride is. Be sure to give an example from your life of both top-down, and bottom-up pride.

28. Now that you’ve explained pride, use the box below to explain it’s consequences as taught in the pride cycle. Be sure to share an example of the pride cycle you’ve seen in real life.

29. Lastly, use the box bellow to explain to Janet how she can break the Pride cycle, and enter into the prosperity cycle.