[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":60},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fdevotions\u002Fset-your-heart":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"date":43,"description":44,"extension":45,"featured":46,"image":47,"meta":48,"navigation":49,"path":50,"scripture":51,"scriptureText":52,"seo":53,"stem":54,"tags":55,"__hash__":59},"devotions\u002Fdevotions\u002Fset-your-heart.md","Set Your Heart on Things Above","Christy Morrow",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":37},"minimark",[10,14,17,20,25,31,34],[11,12,13],"p",{},"With all the challenges we may face in a day, we have to focus and it may take a lot of our energy. There are a lot of things we may want to come about, but we must not set our hearts on them. God wants us to give him our hearts and set our hearts on him. He doesn't disappoint us like life, people, and circumstances may do.",[11,15,16],{},"Our hearts are valuable to God. He knows if we set our hearts on things on this earth, our heart may be hurt and trampled. We may sink into discouragement. That is why he says in 2 Corinthians 4:18 to fix our eyes on what is unseen and not what is seen. When we fix our eyes on the things below, we get discouraged and experience unnecessary hurt and pain.",[11,18,19],{},"He also says we need to set our minds on things above. What we think about is important. If we dwell on the problems we face, we also sink into discouragement.",[21,22,24],"h3",{"id":23},"philippians-48","Philippians 4:8:",[26,27,28],"blockquote",{},[11,29,30],{},"\"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.\" The NIV note on this says: \"Paul understood the influence of one's thoughts on one's life. What a person allows to occupy his mind will sooner or later determine his speech and his action.\"",[11,32,33],{},"By not setting our hearts and minds on the things below, we free ourselves from the \"I have to have it\" mentality--which does not lead to peace. We may get what we want, or we may not. But it is not up to us to decide if we get it, or to bring it about. We bring our requests to God, and give it over to him. Resting in his love and care, we know that if it's his will, he will bring it about. If it's not, he has something better for us.",[11,35,36],{},"Setting out hearts and minds on him allows us to have freedom. If you are having a hard time setting your heart and mind on things above, ask him to help you. He will.",{"title":38,"searchDepth":39,"depth":39,"links":40},"",2,[41],{"id":23,"depth":42,"text":24},3,"2026-03-13","With all the challenges we may face in a day, we have to focus and it may take a lot of our energy. There are a lot of things we may want to come about, but we must not set our hearts on them.","md",false,"\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fpink-flowers-v2.jpg",{},true,"\u002Fdevotions\u002Fset-your-heart","Colossians 3:1-2","Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.",{"title":5,"description":44},"devotions\u002Fset-your-heart",[56,57,58,56],"heart","things above","mind","r0xwEqhMPI54Pz4mN-guDBCDIbpgIBV7QwWcmle-cGU",1782405174973]