There is a word that we love to use every Sunday when we gather at ICF.  This is the word “praise”, and you will see it connected with the word “worship”.  Maybe we think that this is just a word that is only connected with singing, and for sure that is a great part of the singing we do here on Sunday, giving praise to Jesus Christ.  We often forget that this word “praise” is not just a song, but what we are to do every day as a true believer in Jesus, for praise means to express our thanks to God for what He has done and is doing.  Being thankful, showing gratitude to the Lord.  It is easy to cry out to the Lord when we are in pain, or in a struggle, and then when the prayer is answered and we are delivered, our prayer life, and “praise”, can drop off to nothing.  In today’s question from Jesus, we see this was true for men who were lepers, outcasts, and they were crying out to Jesus for mercy.  When they were healed, only one came back shouting praise to God, and worshipping at the feet of Jesus.  Giving great thanks.  It seems to be a part of the human condition that when things are going great, we simply forget to give thanks to God.  For today, let’s find a way to fix this, for I believe that a thankful heart to God, and a voice of praise, is not only pleasing to God, but necessary for us to feel complete as a child of God.