Prophet Antoine

BY RYAN MIFFLIN

Almost as soon as we set up our distribution on Saturday, November 21st, a boisterous and hefty man came right up to me. “Are you the preacher???” he asked.

“Well…I’m not officially a preacher…but I guess I’m probably the one you’re looking for.”

He said we needed to pray.

We held hands and prayed together in the park. He spoke in tongues a little bit and I couldn’t understand a lot of what he said.

But I do remember him talking about a miracle. He was asking for miracles for me and for the Dirty Roots Revolution because, he said, we were “doing God’s work”.

Except the man didn’t ask for a miracle, he “claimed a miracle”.

I found out the man’s name was Prophet Antoine. You gotta love a guy who refers to himself personally as a prophet. And it wasn’t just an adjective, it was part of his name! Prophet Antoine. He’s fond of saying “I’m a minister and a prophet!”

And he is. Because over the last few weeks, he’s taught me a lot. A lot about God and a lot about prayer.

I suppose, in the interest of full disclosure, I should add that Antoine is more than a little unstable. Not “scary” unstable, just a little….”off”.

BUT…

When Prophet Antoine prayed for me that first time, he didn’t ask God for a miracle, he claimed one. It was almost like the miracle had already happened and Antoine wanted to make sure the DRR got in on some of it.

Or, maybe it was as though he EXPECTED a miracle. Why bother asking God for a miracle, when you can tell Him you expect one for people doing His work?

I’ve not been that bold in my prayer, but we are instructed to be bold, right? Maybe Antoine’s onto something…

He asked me to keep him in my prayers and I promised to. I told him to pray for the DRR whenever he thought of us. He said he would.