Do I risk it, yes I will. Prayer alone is not powerful, if it was you would not need to believe. Jesus said "When you pray (believe) you receive"(Mark 11:23-24). Prayer contrary to the word of God is anything but powerful. Prayer based on the word of God (seasoned) with faith (that then) results in Thanksgiving (before) the manifestation of the request,is powerful. EXAMPLE: Paul and Silas prayed, then praised and gave thanks to God (and then) the chains fell off them, and the doors of the jail opened"(Acts 16:25). 1st John 5:14 says,"This is the confidence we have,If we ask anything according to God's word (God's will) God hears us, and if He hears us, we have the answers to our petition. "For all the promises of God are yay and amen in Christ Jesus"(2nd Corinthians 1:20) If prayer alone (by itself) was powerful, there would be no poverty in Africa.