Hi Brian! 

The word for this week is "forsake". We'll also be looking at the word "forsaken" as they both originate from the same Greek word. Here is Hebrews 13:5:

5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. KJV

This is the Greek word "egkataleipo". Strong's Concordance says: to leave behind in some place. {In a  good sense: let remain over. In a bad sense: to desert.} Thayer's Greek Lexicon adds: to leave down, to abandon. Vine's Expository Dictionary also adds this: to leave in straits or helpless. Once we have been born again, Holy Spirit takes up residence IN us, and He will never leave! I really like the Amplified Bible for this:

5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] AMP

What a wonderful promise! We see this word translated "forsaken" in these two Scripture passages: Mark 15:34 and 2 Corinthians 4:7-9:

34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
KJV

7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; KJV

Jesus Himself WAS "forsaken" by the Father at that moment when He BECAME sin with OUR sin, taking that punishment of death (separation from God) for us, so that we will never have to! Neither He, nor we, will ever be forsaken by God again! No matter what happens, we will always have an answer in the Word that provides the way out (1 Corinthians 10:13)! Here is Hillsong Worship with another new song called "Never Forsaken":

Love and Shalom from the Swoveys!