"Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in His love and grace He Himself gives us our prayers."
Julian of Norwich
"I will provide for their needs before they ask. I will help them while they are still asking for help."
Isaiah 65:24
Prayer begins and ends in the heart of God. He knows what we need before we ask, He draws us to come to Him, He prays through us and for us, and He is already working on the situation before we even finish praying! It's such a relief to know the whole process of prayer is by grace. He is the One who has moved us to pray and formed the words of the prayer in us in the first place - and of course He will answer the very prayer He put in our hearts. In fact, the answer began before the prayer ever did!
A thought: Prayer is all by grace.