When we were younger, holidays felt simple. Time off school, moments with family, small joys that didn’t need much explanation.

As we grow older, those same holidays begin to mean something different. Rest, a break from routine, a chance to slow down. And somewhere in that change, it becomes easy to enjoy the moment without ever questioning the meaning behind it.

But what are we actually celebrating?

On today’s Easter special on The Zoe Life Podcast, In Him we Live, we pause and reflect on Easter above the appearances. Beyond the long weekend, the rest, and everything the season has come to represent culturally. We go back to the centre of it all, the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and what that truly means for us as humans.

Because it is one thing to know of Jesus, and another to truly know Him. One thing to acknowledge the story, and another to understand the weight of what was done.

From the conversation with Nicodemus to the prophecy in Isaiah, and the sacrifice that ties it all together, this episode explores the depth behind the season we so easily celebrate.

And remembering the One in whom we live, move, and have our being.

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There is a way we often approach the Bible that feels safe.

We focus on the highlights, the victories, the neat endings that leave us encouraged but not necessarily challenged. We talk about Daniel in the lions’ den, but not always the weight of the life he lived before and after. We speak about kings and prophets, but soften the parts that feel uncomfortable to sit with.

But what if we’ve been reading it with a filter on?

In this episode of The Zoe Life Podcast, we begin The Bible Mirror Series by turning our attention to the heart of man, starting with David. Not just the version that is easy to celebrate, but the full picture. The process, the contradictions, the humanity.

Because to truly understand a person’s journey, you have to go back to the beginning and follow it through honestly.

This series is an invitation to pause before we even open the text and take a real look at ourselves. To set aside the need for everything to feel comfortable, and to confront the parts of Scripture that challenge how we see the people God uses, and how we see ourselves.

Because Scripture does not hide the flaws of the people God uses.

It reveals them, and shows us that God works through real, imperfect hearts.

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Control is something we naturally hold onto. We like to believe our lives are ours to direct, that we should be the ones deciding the pace, the path, and even the lessons we learn along the way.

Even when someone warns us about the consequences of a choice, there is often something in us that still wants to find out for ourselves.

But that instinct didn’t start with us.

In this episode of The Zoe Life Podcast, we go back to the beginning, right to the garden in Genesis, where humanity was first given both freedom and instruction. Adam and Eve were created with the ability to choose, yet the moment the serpent introduced a twisted version of truth, the desire to take control became stronger than the trust they had in God’s guidance.

It’s a story that still echoes in our lives today.

From childhood moments where we resist discipline, to the ways we try to direct our own paths as adults, the tension between our will and God’s wisdom is something every person experiences.

Today’s conversation draws on that struggle between living by the pull of our own nature and learning to trust the One who created us in the first place. Because sometimes the life we try so hard to control is actually the very thing God is trying to transform

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Beat credit: Produced by Etta