Vision casting night

We had an awesome night of vision casting at Next Level. Here are some of the notes of that night.

Being a Person of Vision
“Where there is not vision the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18)

The #1 reason people do what they regret doing in life is because they have no idea what they should be doing in life.

When Proverbs speaks about people with no vision it figuratively speaks of a blind man trying to make his way in life with no help.

• Hitting his head
• Always tripping
• Never gets anywhere
• Lives in frustration

God does not want us to live this way because He is not this way and he did not create us to fail in life. He created us to succeed in life.

So to begin today we must find out what success is not:

1. Success is not wealth
2. Success is not power
3. Success is not an achievement

If success were wealth then why weren’t the richest people on earth satisfied? Like:

• Charles Schwab-president of the largest independent steel company-died broke.
• Arthur Cutten-greatest of the wheat speculators-died abroad, insolvent.
• Richard Witney-president of the New York Stock Exchange-died just after release from Sing Sing prison.
• Albert Fall-member of a U.S. president’s cabinet-was pardon from prison so that he could die at home.
• Jess Livermore-greatest “bear” on Wall Street-committed suicide.
• Leon Fraser-president of the Bank of International Settlements-committed suicide.
• Ivar Kreuger-head of the world’s greatest monopoly-committed suicide.

If success were power then Hitler was the most successful man in History.

And if success were achievement then why did Donald Trump say that true success is having what he did not have? Happiness.

Success is a journey. You never quiet get there, but you can experience it everyday.



Success is:
1. knowing your purpose in life
2. growing to reach your maximum potential
3. investing in your other people

To know your purpose you must ask yourself a couple questions:

1. What am I searching for?
2. Why was I created?
3. Do I believe in my potential?
4. When do I start?

In growing to your maximum potential you must live out Hebrews 12
1. Concentrate on one main goal “Fix your eyes on Jesus”
2. Concentrate on continually improving yourself “throw off everything that hinders”
3. Forget the past (The past ended last night!) “throw off the sin that so easily entangles”
4. Focus on the Future. “Run this race with endurance”