Diverting Prayers?

Some of the prophets who prophesied that Donald Trump would be re-elected as US president have noted that more prayer went up to heaven for the election of Trump than for any president in history.

They are now saying that this massive outpouring of prayer is not wasted, because God has stored all the prayers for Trump up in heaven, and that he will channel them into the release of a massive revival in the United States that will spread into all the world and fill it with his glory. They claim that the bowl is full and will soon be poured out.

This claim is odd, for two reasons:

• If these prophets were wrong about the outcome of the election, why should we trust what they are saying about the destiny of the United States.

• God gives people what they ask for (Matt 7:7-10), so prayers for events that are not God’s will are usually wasted. Misdirected prayers produce nothing. If a massive volume of prayer went up to heaven for the wrong thing, these prayers probably are wasted. If leaders tell their people to pray for the wrong outcome, they cannot just assume that God will divert the prayers to some other purpose.

These claims sound like a cop-out to me.