Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value]. Colossians 3:2, AMP
Promises
the real person
As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person. Proverbs 27:19, NLT
when the hay is removed
When the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in, The lambs will provide your clothing,And the goats the price of a field; You shall have enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And the nourishment of your maidservants. […]
his reaction to
The purity of silver and gold can be tested in a crucible, but a man is tested by his reaction to men’s praise. Proverbs 27:21, TLB
good news
Good news from far away is like cold water to the thirsty. Proverbs 25:25, NLT
Now
“Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old.Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19, NKJV