{"id":7040,"date":"2025-08-24T18:02:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=7040"},"modified":"2025-08-24T18:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:02:59","slug":"guarding-your-heart-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/guarding-your-heart-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Guarding your Heart (podcast)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6703 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/knight6.jpg?resize=188%2C176&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"176\" \/>It is written in our Scriptures: &#8220;Above all else guard your heart, for from it flow the springs of life\u201d (Prov. 4:23). The Hebrew text for this verse is emphatic. We are to guard our hearts vigilantly, just as a prison guard or warden might keep watch over a prisoner. The phrase translated &#8220;above all else&#8221; (<em>mikkol mishmar<\/em>), literally means &#8220;more than anything that might be guarded&#8221; a construction used to intensify the command to exercise vigilance. Plainly put, this verse commands us to watch over our heart more than anything else.<\/p>\n<p>In this daily d&#8217;var broadcast, I discuss the importance of guarding our hearts in light of the call to do <em>teshuvah<\/em> during the Forty Days leading up to Yom Kippur. I hope you find it helpful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7040-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dvar-09-02-24.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dvar-09-02-24.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dvar-09-02-24.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\u00ad<\/p>\n<p>For more information see the <a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hebrew for Christians<\/a> web site.\u00a0 Shalom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is written in our Scriptures: &#8220;Above all else guard your heart, for from it flow the springs of life\u201d (Prov. 4:23). The Hebrew text for this verse is emphatic. We are to guard our hearts vigilantly, just as a prison guard or warden might keep watch over a prisoner. The phrase translated &#8220;above all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar","category-h4c-podcast","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7041,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7040\/revisions\/7041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}