Many of us have not come from religious or church experiences where praise was a key element. By reading today’s key passage, it is important for us to understand that Jesus accepted the praise and encouraged the praise of the people who needed hope in a very hopeless situation. They were living under the oppression of Rome and saw in Christ there was a chance for a new beginning. God is trying to teach us that same thing. When you learn to become a person of praise, it will change your life, and that's what many of us need. We need a change in our lives. If we will become men, women, and young people of praise, God will do something amazing in our lives. Learning how important praise is and beginning to practice that in our lives is essential to maturity in the Christian life. Praise can do several things for you, and those things are what we are going to take a closer look at in today’s message.