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With color spray + awesome display, you want Persistent Spell at 7th level. Not 19th. It's your best move any time the enemy is close until after ~10th level and Persistent makes it better. I'm sure you can find other spells to use it on from 11th-18th level.
Eldritch heritage (arcane) ASAP but no Improved Familiar ever?
Empower/intensified don't look amazingly useful on the oracle list or the heavens mystery bonus spells. Consider Toppling or Dazing.
You don't need Haste. You can get Blessing of Fervor 3 levels earlier to serve the same purpose.
Dunno if I'd call it really good, but Loathsome Veil is a pattern spell which handles enemies with up to 8 HD well (compared to Color Spray's 4 HD). It would help but would still become largely redundant within a couple of levels. If you could retrain the spell you get via Imp. EH it might be worth picking, otherwise you'd want something with lasting appeal.
There are quite a few 5th level sorc/wiz spells which this might apply to, Permanency or Magic Jar or Phantasmal Web spring to mind.
Most of the best lower level cleric spells have been around for many editions. Protection from Evil, Silence, Blindness/Deafness, Wind Wall. An exception is Burst of Radiance which fits your character nicely too. You don't want to waste a spell known on it in the first couple of levels but Recharge Innate Magic is more useful than you'd think.
IMO Veiled Illusionist PRC is perfect for Gnome Heavens Oracle:
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/prestige-classes/other-paizo/s-z/veiled-ill usionist
You can add an illusion spell from wizard/sorcerer list every prc level and you receive tons of other useful benefits as well. It has relatively painless entry requirements too.
Don't worry about the heritage options quite yet, see how things pan out in play and pick based on what will help you most at the time. The other players characters will develop too and you'll have a better idea then.
I often write out a level by level build and never stick to it as I level in game. How much depends on build obviously. In my current 2 games I've got a wood oracle that's not changed a huge amount but my Hexcrafter in WotR is a nightmare to pre-plan - every feat could be an arcana or hex or regular feat and then there's mythic on top of that!
Since you'll be likely going for a familiar with the Arcane Bloodline Eldritch Heritage feat, maxing out your Use Magic Device and getting a familiar with prehensile hands (such as a monkey) might be an option worth looking into. That way you can effectively by having the familiar UMD with wands and such to partially make up the difference in not having two separate casters in the party. If you take this route, you'll one want of your traits to make Use Magic Device a class skill (Dangerously Curious might fit a gnome; you could flavor it as wanting to explore all possibilities of finding a way to help her people.)
Since you're doing double caster duty, look for spells that are frequently cast by both arcane and divine casters that are on the cleric spell list (Dispel Magic, for example.)
What are the other players going with, btw?