"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." - 1 Thessolonians 5:16-18
God gave me the idea for PrayerMinder when I ran across a similar app for iOS, called PrayerMate. I thought it was a great idea to have a prayer journalling app for smartphones, since I'm too mentally disorganized to keep the many needs among family, friends, and the world readily recallable. However, I wasn't able to find any similar app available for Android. Since I'm a software developer, I decided to create my own.
That was back in March of 2012. At the time, I was the father of a four-month old and preparing for an intercontinental move, and this was my first Android app. Now I'm the father of a 16-month old, the move is over, but this is still my first Android app. The development is likely to proceed at a snail's pace (but, at least with move behind me, that's up from a glacial pace).