BEFORE SAYING “I DO”
A Christian Premarital Guide to the Conversations, Questions, and Decisions That Build a Stronger MarriageBy MARGARET ADINDU
Length8h 6m
About this audiobook
Most couples spend more time planning their wedding day than preparing for the marriage that follows it.
Before Saying "I Do" is a workbook-style guide built to close that gap. Across fourteen chapters, Margaret Adindu walks engaged and pre-engaged couples through the conversations that are easy to skip but hard to recover from later — readiness versus pressure to get married, the family stories and wounds each person is quietly bringing into the relationship, what a Christ-centered marriage actually requires day to day, how to fight fair, what money really means to each of you, whose family traditions shape your new household, whether and how you want children, and the honest questions about sex, intimacy, and affection that many premarital conversations gloss over.
The second half moves from the internal to the practical: careers and calling, who does what at home, screens and digital boundaries, what happens when life doesn't go according to plan, and — critically — the red flags couples are tempted to explain away. It closes with a chapter on final reflection, a prayer, and a fill-in marriage covenant couples can complete together as a keepsake.
This isn't a book of easy answers or a checklist to rush through before the wedding. It's structured as an actual dialogue tool — reflection questions, blank space to write in, and prompts meant to be worked through together, not read solo. It's for couples who want to enter marriage with their eyes open, not just their hearts full.
Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion, Self-Help
Length8 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Part I — Before We Say Yes
3Chapter 1 — Are We Ready for Marriage—or Just Ready to Get Married?
4Chapter 2 — The Stories We Bring Into Marriage
5Chapter 3 — What Does a Christ-Centered Marriage Actually Mean?
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6Chapter 4 — Can We Talk When Things Get Hard?
7Part II — The Conversations That Will Shape Your Marriage
8Chapter 5 — What Does Money Mean to Us?
9Chapter 6 — Whose Family Are We Building?
10Chapter 7 — Do We Want Children? And What Kind of Parents Will We Be?
11Chapter 8 — Love, Sex, Affection, and Intimacy
12Part III — Building a Life Together
13Chapter 9 — Our Careers, Calling, and Dreams
14Chapter 10 — Who Does What at Home?
15Chapter 11 — Our Phones, Screens, Friends, and Digital Lives
16Chapter 12 — What Happens When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan?
17Part IV — Before We Walk Down the Aisle
18Chapter 13 — The Red Flags We Must Not Ignore
19Chapter 14 — Before We Say “I Do”
20Bonus: Our Marriage Covenant
21About the Author
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