Topic: Have Mercy Lord [DCLM Daily Manna 5 November 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi] Text : Lamentations 5:1-22 Key Verse: “Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest” – (Lamentations 5:1,5). MESSAGE : When Karl Marx, a German philosopher and economist, said that “Religion is the opium of the people”, he may be referring to people who had been abandoned by their governments but see religion as a source of succour. Rather than look to government for even the minutest basic things of life as water, healthcare, enabling environment for entrepreneurial business to thrive, citizens depend on God. Every day, prayers ascend to heaven, as people lament to the Almighty for mercy. It was a period of distress in Israel. The opening word “Remember” is used as a plea to God , not that God forgets. His children plead to Him to remember and to enact his promises t...