A Prayer Audit?

I read something the other day that introduced me to the idea of a prayer audit. The thought prompting the audit was this: "...there is a gap between how I pray/how the church prays and biblical prayers." The observation being, it's possible to boil down most of contemporary church/Christian praying to two basic types which account for 80-90% of prayers prayed in the western church (I have no idea how that percentage was derived.) The two types of prayer being:

1. Lord, please keep me from every illness, discomfort and disease now. Heal me, no matter how trivial my inconvenience is.
2. Lord, I want more comfort. Smooth out every situation in my life so that I face no adversity.

But in Matthew 16, Jesus predicts His own death and calls Peter's desire for this not to happen to be of the satanic origin. How do we, or more to the point, how do I reconcile my obsession with everything smooth and comfortable with the command of Jesus to "take up my cross (an instrument of death) and follow Him/Jesus?" Jesus' life was hardly a life of comfort, enjoyment and freedom from harm. Why then do I have no room for difficulty in mine? Maybe it is time for me to audit my prayer life.

Is there anything of a, not my will but Thine quality to the bulk of my prayers? Do I pray for the strength to stand in the face of hardship even as I request deliverance? Is my worship salted with a, though He slay me yet will I trust Him commitment? Have I ever made Proverbs 30:7-9 my prayer?

• "Two things I ask of You; deny them not to me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty NOR RICHES; but give me ONLY my daily bread, LEST I BE FULL and DENY YOU and say, 'Who is the Lord?' or lest I be poor and steal and dishonor the name of my God." Proverbs 30:7-9 (emphasis mine)
  

If I haven't made Proverbs 30:7-9 my prayer, why not, and am I willing to consider making it mine today?

A prayer audit...think about it.

Blessings,
PB