1. How the Pride cycle in the Book of Mormon is usually depicted Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance Righteousness Pride Wickedness Suffering

2. An Alternate layout Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance RighteousnessPride Wickedness Suffering

3. Keeping Prosperity Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance RighteousnessPride Wickedness Suffering Prosperity doesn’t always lead to Pride. You can always remember the source of your prosperity …and that’s God. When you remember God, you are humble and keep His commandments, and He will continually prosper you. (2 Nephi 5:11-27; Helaman 12:2, Alma 48:15) Remember God

4. Continual Destruction Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance RighteousnessPride Wickedness Suffering Likewise, Destruction doesn’t always lead to one to become humble. Oftentimes, a person doesn’t want to admit he’s wrong, even when he’s suffering and under a destructive phase. His focus forgets God and is on himself instead. This puts him on a cycle of progressive self- destruction. Forget God

5. Temptation and Awakening Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance RighteousnessPride Wickedness Suffering What causes a prosperous people to become prideful? They first become COMPLACENT…and then, they FORGET GOD because of their complacency. (Helaman 12:2) Remember God Forget God Temptation of Complacency What causes someone to become humble once again after reaching their bottom? They WAKE UP and COME TO THEIR SENSES and REMEMBER GOD once again. (Helaman 12:23, 2 Nephi 1:12-13, Alma 36:17-18) An awakening. Come to your senses.

6. An awakening. Come to your senses. Continuing… Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance RighteousnessPride Wickedness Suffering Remember God Forget God Temptation of Complacency Continue to… Continuing in either side will give you the same results continually. Temptation will try to get you to forget God and lead you from prosperity to destruction. Awakening to our senses and remembering God will lead you back to prosperity.

7. Preaching… Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance RighteousnessPride Wickedness Suffering Remember God Forget God Temptation of Complacency We can avoid destruction by REMEMBERING GOD FIRST. We don’t have to be destroyed. We don’t have to “get there”. This is why the PREACHING OF THE WORD is always directed towards the casual Christian, the prideful, the sinner, the sufferer, and even to those on the verge of destruction… The preaching of the word of God acts as our constant reminder to remember Him. This is uncomfortable, but necessary, territory for both the preacher and the sinner. It is an act of mercy by God to help the sinner avoid what must unavoidably come otherwise. An awakening. Come to your senses. PREACHING …to remind us of the source of our blessings …to remind us of God …to cause us to repent …to show us on whom to turn for comfort …to wake us up

8. An awakening. Come to your senses. The Prosperity and Pride Cycles (all together now…) Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance Righteousness Pride Wickedness Suffering Remember God Forget God Temptation of Complacency PREACHING …to remind us of the source of our blessings …to remind us of God …to cause us to repent …to show us on whom to turn for comfort …to wake us up Continue to…

9. Fall for the Temptation of Complacency An awakening. Coming to your senses. The Prosperity and Pride Cycles (Re-Layout) Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance Righteousness Pride Wickedness Suffering Remember God Forget God PREACHING The Word of God… …to remind us of the source of our blessings …to remind us of God …to cause us to repent …to show us on whom to turn for comfort …to try to wake us up Continue to… …to remind us of our place before God …to warn us of the coming destruction

10. And the question is… WHERE DO WE STAND NOW IN THE CYCLE?

11. Fall for the Temptation of Complacency An awakening. Coming to your senses. Where is America? Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance Righteousness Pride Wickedness Suffering Remember God Forget God PREACHING The Word of God… …to remind us of the source of our blessings …to remind us of God …to cause us to repent …to show us on whom to turn for comfort …to try to wake us up Continue to… …to remind us of our place before God …to warn us of the coming destruction Is America here? Being warned of destruction?

12. Fall for the Temptation of Complacency An awakening. Coming to your senses. A Return to Prosperity? Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance Righteousness Pride Wickedness Suffering Remember God Forget God PREACHING The Word of God… …to remind us of the source of our blessings …to remind us of God …to cause us to repent …to show us on whom to turn for comfort …to try to wake us up Continue to… …to remind us of our place before God …to warn us of the coming destruction The clarion call this election is a Return to Prosperity…to Financial, Economic, Social, Political, and Military greatness once again.

13. Fall for the Temptation of Complacency An awakening. Coming to your senses. The Path We Must Now Take… Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance Righteousness Pride Wickedness Suffering Remember God Forget God PREACHING The Word of God… …to remind us of the source of our blessings …to remind us of God …to cause us to repent …to show us on whom to turn for comfort …to try to wake us up Continue to… …to remind us of our place before God …to warn us of the coming destruction If this is the case, then this part of the cycle is the road that we must now take if we’re to become Prosperous again: Preaching the word of God Waking people up getting people to return to and remember God…and make Him our God once again. Become a humble, repentant people And a people returning to good works And then will His prosperity come. There is no other valid way. This is the Lord’s way. If this is the case, then this part of the cycle is the road that we must now take if we’re to become Prosperous again: Preaching the word of God Waking people up getting people to return to and remember God…and make Him our God once again. Become a humble, repentant people And a people returning to good works And then will His prosperity come. There is no other valid way. This is the Lord’s way.

14. Fall for the Temptation of Complacency An awakening. Coming to your senses. Prosperity Destruction Humility Repentance Righteousness Pride Wickedness Suffering Remember God Forget God PREACHING The Word of God… …to remind us of the source of our blessings …to remind us of God …to cause us to repent …to show us on whom to turn for comfort …to try to wake us up Continue to… …to remind us of our place before God …to warn us of the coming destruction WHERE DO WE STAND NOW IN THE CYCLE?

15. …For the Path to Prosperity Requires us To Return to God First.