Hmm… I think this misunderstands both.
Truth is not something that can be altered. Speaking the truth holds power. One is not free to determine what the truth is - yet it also matters little who opposes that truth, whether it is one person or the whole world. Truth has a tendency to make very compelling arguments even if the messenger is horribly murdered.
The belief that one can pray for just anything is no different than trying to cast spells under the eclipse.
However… Sometimes it's just vague enough to work…. If you were to ask the all knowing to save the world from destruction and devastation - and your enemies were to gain power and impose their reign … Maybe the spell or prayer was successful, just… You were standing on the wrong side and didn't realize it.
Life has a certain tenaciousness about it that seems to overcome and surpass itself even amid failure. That divine will, of sorts, seems to underwrite all, and I think many people are quick to credit the results of this to whatever idol they happen to subject their soul to rather than realize the true gravitas of what they are witnessing unfold.