The Adopted Son
HomeDevotionalsAboutInspirationContact
Give
HomeDevotionalsAboutGiveInspirationContact

Stay Connected

Get the latest devotionals and updates delivered to your inbox.

Devotionals

Sabbath Rest.
rest, identity, Sabbath

Sabbath Rest.

Humanity did not work its way into rest. We began there.

We say it casually. I need a day off. I need to recharge. Self-care Sunday. We know which chicken restaurant is closed on the Lord’s Day, and we grumble about it in the drive-through line on Sunday afternoon.

Wes Shinn

Wes Shinn

October 24, 2026·23 min
LUKEWARM.
23
Jul

LUKEWARM.

Hard hearts don’t announce the moment they became hard. Nobody wakes up one morning having decided, definitively, to stop loving God.

Wes Shinn·42 min
The Wind You Cannot See
13
Jul

The Wind You Cannot See

Wounds work exactly like wind. You cannot see the original moment anymore. That memory is over, finished, in the past.

Wes Shinn·

More Devotionals

FINISHED.
4
Jul
#love

FINISHED.

The cross was not improvised. It was prophesied, prepared, and precise.

The Last Supper - Part 2
12
Jun
#alignment

The Last Supper - Part 2

To understand what Jesus was saying when He broke the bread, you have to understand what bread already meant.

The Last Supper - Part 1
24
May
#covenant

The Last Supper - Part 1

Why an upper room? In first-century Jerusalem, the upper room — the anogeon in Greek, aliyah in Hebrew — was the most private, most honored space in a home.

The Father Who Made the First Move
10
May
#love

The Father Who Made the First Move

The blessing was never meant to stop with Abraham. It was meant to move through him — outward, to the nations, to all the families of the earth.

The Cycle Breaker
29
Apr
#trust

The Cycle Breaker

Peter had a new name. But he still had the old wound underneath it. And the old wound had not been healed — it had been covered by the calling.

The Wilderness Was Not a Waste
23
Apr
#churchhurt

The Wilderness Was Not a Waste

Before we can understand what David did in the valley of Elah, we have to understand what he had already done in the wilderness alone.

The Adopted Son
AboutContactInspiration Behind The Adopted SonThe Adopted Son
DevotionalsGive / Giving
Galilee Shore Sunrise.png
lamebig.jpg
mountainsunrise.jpg
DSCF7174_websize.jpg

© 2026 — The Adopted Son. All rights reserved.

46 min