Dial up or broadband

I have often wondered about what it must be like to be a really good Prayer. We hear all sorts of amazing stories about what prayer warriors do. There are plenty of books around to tell us how to do it - but is this God's way?

I wonder if God has a plan for each of us, our own distinct way of communicating with Him? I have been taught that you have to get up early and have a quiet time. No one has ever done anything significant for God without this consolidated prayer time....but is that so? Paul talks about praying unceasingly. Which would seem to be a very different process from following a formula.

To me these two prayers - unceasingly and formula - are as different as dial up and broadband on the internet. Dial up can often be very slow and difficult. On the other hand broadband is available, fast, has depth and is versatile. I imagine this is what Brother Laurence was talking about when he said that there was no difference between his devotional time and the way that he lived in the presence of God.

Now I have no idea how to do this, it's a bit like being hung up on thoughts in your time of silence. I work with people all the time and find I can go for long periods of a day without really having payed much attention to God. I get so involved with the people I am working with that God seems to get "squeezed out". So I really don't know how to do this but I figure I can get better over time. So rather than just read a book I have decided to give it a go. I will read bits and pieces and who knows one day I might end up writing my own book after trying a little bit of this and that.

Dial up or Broadband...... broadband any day. I want revelation that is not old and mouldy like yesterday's mana but right up to the cutting edge. If I keep trying I should get better..........right?