Remember that GOD is a right now GOD.
It does not take years for GOD to answer your prayer.
Keep this example in mind when you pray:

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2 Kings 20 (KJV)

 1  In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him,Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

 2  Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,

 3  I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

 4  And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

 5  Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

 6  And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

 7  And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

 8  And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah,What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

 9  And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

 10  And Hezekiah answered,It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

 11  And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.

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Notice that King Hezekiah was given a death sentence.
Notice how fast GOD answered King Hezekiah's prayer.
Notice how the prophet had not even made it to the driveway, <my interpretation>, before GOD sent him back to King Hezekiah with an answer.
Notice how God also gave King Hezekiah a confirmation of his healing.