<p>10:9 <i>Now the next day, as they were on their journey, and drew near to the city, a<em>bout the sixth hour</em></i>- Jesus removed prayer from being mere liturgy into being a part of real, personal life with God. The way Peter prays at 12 noon (Acts 10:9), and how Paul urges us to pray <em>all the time</em> (Rom. 12:12; Col. 4:2) are therefore radical departures from the concept of praying at set times, three times / day.</p><p><em>Peter went upon </em><i>the housetop to pray</i>- He 'went up', and the same word is used of how the prayers of Cornelius 'went up' (:4). The parallels between Cornelius and Peter are extensive. They both prayed regularly, and during one of those regular prayer sessions, they received visions. The same Angel was at work with both of them. Thus a solidarity was developed between the preacher and the convert; and we see this so often in our own lives too. we of course fail to attach meaning to event, but we can rest assured that the events in our lives are all part of a wider plan and potential purpose, which may or may not work out or become clear to us in this life. Because we and / or others fail to respond as we might, sometimes things are as it were left hanging, in that event appears therefore not to have achieved its possible meaning or intention.</p>