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Christian truckers got together to pray that somehow the sniper terrorizing
the Washington, DC area would be caught. Ron Lantz would be retiring as
a driver in a few days and didn't even live in the area, but he felt sure
that God would answer their prayers. In fact, he told the others there
that God was going to use him to catch the sniper.
A few
days later he was listening to the radio as he was driving again through the
region and felt compelled to pull off the highway to a rest stop. It was just
a couple of miles from where the prayer meeting had taken place. As he pulled
in, he was shocked to see a car similar to what was being described on the
radio right there before his eyes. Carefully trying to read the license plate,
a chill went up his back as the numbers matched. He quickly called 911 and
remained there for what he said were the longest 15 minutes of his life until
the police arrived. He even pulled his truck across the exit, there would
now be no escape for these elusive murderers. The rest is now history - the
snipers were taken into custody without incident.
Ron's
testimony is being beamed around the world today. It shows the power of prayer.
And in a class act, showing his true character, when asked what he would do
with the award money, he said the half million dollars would simply be given
to the victims' families. The snipers killed 10 and wounded 3 around our nation's
capital over the past three weeks, leaving the entire region in a state of
terror. Yet out of the great darkness has also come a great beam of light
as the world has heard a clear testimony of the power of prayer.
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