In “The Mistake Most Christians Make,” Pastor Cornell delivers a heartfelt challenge to believers who have allowed the distractions, duties, and demands of life to overshadow their devotion to Jesus. Drawing from Luke 8:1–3 and the life of Mary Magdalene, he reminds listeners that true devotion isn’t born from obligation—it flows from deliverance. With raw transparency, Pastor Cornell shares moments from his own journey where ministry busyness began to replace intimacy with God, urging the church to rediscover what it means to love Jesus deeply and personally.

Like Mary, who stayed with Jesus through the cross, the tomb, and the resurrection, followers of Christ are called to remain faithfully devoted no matter the cost or season. Throughout the message, Pastor Cornell contrasts genuine devotion with spiritual drift, outlining five common mistakes Christians make—forgetting God’s faithfulness, allowing drift to become disobedience, prioritizing calendars over community, withholding generosity, and growing numb to the Holy Spirit. He exposes how modern believers often substitute routine for relationship and activity for intimacy, reminding the church that busyness does not equal godliness. The sermon concludes with a powerful altar call, echoing Jesus’ words to the church in Revelation 2:4: “You have left your first love.” With both conviction and compassion, Pastor Jordan calls every believer to return to that place of pure love for Christ—where gratitude fuels passion, obedience flows from intimacy, and devotion becomes a daily way of life.