[Petronski]

Where in Scripture are we told our prayers are works?

Oh, there's that nasty sola scriptura bug biting you again.

Whatever is beyond mere faith is a work, or did Jean Cauvin come up with a spacey definition of "works" too?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Whatever is beyond mere faith is a work,

No, whatever is not of faith is worse than a mere work of men; it is a sin (Romans 14:23.)