The accuracy or lack thereof of a prophecy is not the only yield-stick with which to judge the veracity of the a prophecy. In so much as I am not ascribing any nefarious activities or associations to Pastor TBJ...the truth is satan and demons also prophecy in the Bible and most times those prophecies also come to past.

The Bible says, prophecies are for the edification of the believer. If one is prophesying about an event that have 100% scientific probability of taking place e.g. mass shooting in the USA or the death of a terminally ill patient; that prophecy lacks the edification element. It is like prophesying that, it is going to rain this year, when there is no sign of drought....., it does not edify the believer, it does not confound the unbeliever to give praise to God.

Imagine how dejected the believers and excited the unbeliever in Elijah's time would have been, if he had pour petrol on those firewood, then light a match and call on God to miraculously make the woods to catch on fire?....instead, Elijah poured water onto the firewood and ask God to light it on fire and it came to past...

Imagine how Angel Gabriel would have been a laughing stock, if he had prophecy that; a married fertile young lady will miraculously give birth to a baby boy?..instead the prophecy was, a virgin will give birth....

Secondly, not all prophecies needs prayers to God for them to take place...except you all believe that God have completely abandon the earth and he needs the prayers of the believers each time to intervene in the affairs on earth...The Bible says nothing takes place on earth without the permission of God...if we ascribe every positive thing as been the resultant of our prayers, we then paint a picture of a God who by default will not do anything positive unless we people pray...you will agree that, that is not accurate....Yes we have to pray to overcome the flesh each day, pray for miracles and God's interventions in things that are beyond our abilities and be born again.

We need prophecies that will edify the believers and confound the unbelievers...prophecies like 'there will be no single mass shooting in the US in the year 2013"...prophecies like the devil is engineering a plane crash with no survivals, but the Lord said he will revise it, and that the plane will crash alright, but there will be no lost of lives...prophecies like a terminally ill patient of national/international repute will recover from his/her illness and will praise the Lord again....

I doubt, it is even easier for a camel to pass through the eyes of a niddle than to obtain a gun permit in Nigeria....I even heard that, the President have to approve one's permit in Nigeria.

The USA average about 20 mass shooting every year, so prophesying that there will be mass shooting in the USA is like prophesying that rain will fall this year......

http://rt.com/usa/news/mass-year-people-massacre-710/

For a country of more than 300 millions people and with very easy access to gun, it is only a matter of time for the insane and those who feel offended to start shooting.

You can walk into a shopping mall in some States in the US and come out with shooping bags full of guns and ammunitions, all bought legally. Obtaining gun permit in some States is as easy or easier than obtaining a driver's license in Nigeria, it is only in some East Coast States like New Jersey and New York that you are restricted to buy only one gun every 30 days....and the laws are a little bit strict but even as strict as they are, if you do not have a felony as a adult or with an expunged juvenile felony and do not have any questionable medical records that bordered on in sanity, you can obtain guns....