“And a certain man named Cornelius was in Caesarea, a centurion of the Italian cohort, one devout and fearing God, with all his household, both doing many merciful deeds to the people, ( (in historical contexts, money or food given to poor people). and praying continually to God. About the ninth hour of the day, he saw plainly in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, Cornelius! And he was gazing at him, and becoming terrified, he said, What is it, lord? And he said to him, your prayers and your merciful deeds have come up for a memorial before God.”
Act 10:1-4,
For those who struggle with knowing whether God hears our prayers, or if He sees the good that we do, here is just one scripture that shows us that He does. It also shows us that the Lord responds at the proper time.