<TITLE>01. Par 1-4</TITLE>53-1121, A Greater Witness, Sports Center, Owensboro, KY, no tape
L-1 Thank you, Brother Bosworth. Thank you. Good evening, friends. With a great heart of--of God's love, I come this closing night of this revival of Owensboro, Kentucky, to thank each and every one of you for your--your kindness, and all that you have did for us here. We deeply appreciate--appreciate the great fellowship of the ministers, the cooperation of every person. For all the finance that you've helped us too, we appreciate it. We don't ask--just for our bills to be paid and--and the little love offerings you take for the brother and I, the... What's we have, if we have fifty cents left over, it would go into foreign missions. So therefore, that you'd know that what your money is to try to bring peace, the Gospel to the heathens' lands of the world. I'm sure you could never invest anything any better than that, to try to do that.

L-2 One time in years ago, I used to--when I would leave a city, we'd... I had plenty money then; you just pass the collection plate two nights and it'd pay for all the expenses. And then if they had a Red Cross drive or--or something in kind of a drive, polio drive or something, we'd go right ahead and help them people, make a offering in our church and give it to the people. And then, sometimes we'd just turn it over to the city. And they got to a place, friends, it was--it was become almost like a--well, you wouldn't get out of town till they'd be saying we was a bunch of holy rollers. And I--I'm just one person that don't believe in supporting, 'less it's something that really means for God.
I seen a man going down the street, that we put this money in, great big swell car; and smoking a cigar, and a big diamond ring. Now, them people put that in for little children and things that really in need. So I--I thought, "Well, here's one thing: the--the money that God gives me, I'm the steward of it, and God will make me answer at the day of judgment for what I do with it." So I know this one thing, if I took what I could, and took myself and went out into the nations and things, and tried to preach the Gospel, when I answer on that day, I'll say, "Lord, I did the best I knowed how." And I'm sure that the people would appreciate, ever who's saved then, would appreciate getting somebody else saved and healed. Isn't that right? So that's been my heart to try to do it. I've done it ever since, and that's what I'm trying to do now. I'm trying to help someone.

L-3 I don't rest too much here on earth. When I'm home, it's constantly pulled and dragged, constantly all the time. It's been that way year in and out. These kind of lives don't last long. You know that. They soon burn out. John the Baptist only lived six months after he was--got in his ministry. Christ was three years and six months in his ministry; they crucified Him. The life soon as burns down; it's such a tremendous strain. This is one thing I want to do, Christians, is to make my life, every ounce of it, count for Jesus Christ while I'm here.
This message that I preach, I believe it with all my heart. God knows whether I'm telling the truth or not. Every ounce of my being believes everything that I speak. If I didn't, I wouldn't speak it. I'm trying my best to help someone.

L-4 And when I go to bed at night, although I'm not free from critics... Sure I have them... But I'm--thank the Lord that they're minimum. And I... People do criticize and say, "Well, he's just this, that..." Well, 'course, I expect that. I must have that. All, everybody else has, so why should I be immune from it? I must have that too.
But here's one consolation I have when I can find few minutes of sleep. When I have my prayer before going to bed, I know this, that by God's grace I've done the best that I could to make life a little better for my fellow man. And in doing so I pray that someday, when it's over, and I come up to His door and knock on the door, that He won't turn me away.


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