Prayer is the communion of two hearts. It's our communicating with God the intimate things of our lives, and His communicating with us the deep things of His heart. Too many of us are defeated in our Christian lives because we've had the wrong understanding of what prayer really is. Such a shallow view of prayer can only lead to defeat. We can't run in and out of the presence of the holy, almighty God as we would run into a department store with our shopping list.
Any healthy relationship takes time.
We attempt every week to find a time and place to get away from the phone, the office, and any other distractions. We take that time to share our hearts with each other. We share our problems, our hurts, our difficulties, and our victories that we've experienced during the week. Our most difficult moments in our relationship have come when we haven't taken the time to communicate. The same is true with prayer.