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Preparing Your Heart for Marriage
- Devotions for Engaged Couples
- Narrated by: Michael Axtell
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Relationships, Parenting & Personal Development, Relationships
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Publisher's Summary
The wedding is planned, but are you spiritually prepared for your wedding day? Trusted relationship author Gary Thomas coaches engaged couples on how to grow closer to the Lord in the days leading up to the wedding as a means of preparing them for all the days after the wedding.
Engagement is bursting with promise, hope, joy, and anticipation of all kinds. It can also be one of the busiest times your life. For some, planning a wedding, with all the decisions involved, can feel less like the onset of marriage and more like a long to-do list. Amidst the busyness, this devotional is designed to help you think through the spiritual priorities and challenges that lie ahead in order to grow an outstanding marriage filled with love, grace, and God's blessing.
This lovely book provides encouraging entries that will help you deal with common issues such as what real intimacy means, how to celebrate your differences, and remembering to laugh together. With a special section on the marriage vows and meditations for the bride and groom, Preparing Your Heart for Marriage will help you grow in your relationship as a couple as you become closer to God.
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- Althea
- 03-26-19
a blessing in disguise
love it so far. Very convienient to listen anywhere and a blessing in it's own time. The narrator sounds like he is with u in person casually. its concise and to the point without these long experience stories
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- 03-18-21
Absolutely Realistic
I loved listening to this book simply because it was absolutely Realistic and eye opening, I want to listen to this again and just take notes because the ideas shared are apt and valid for young engaged couples as it simply touches on every aspect of what engaged couples should literally do as they prepare for life together.
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- Corey Russell-Prince
- 02-20-20
Even Beyond the Wedding Day
This book is great even for couples married for 7 years. We will listen and follow up for years to come
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- Anonymous User
- 01-15-20
Really great
It is eye opening, im thankful for it. Really tackles questions that shoild be, and it is very inspirational.
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- Kindle Customer
- 11-18-19
Lots and all good
Easy listening and lots to think and pray about!!!! Wonderful job!!!!!! I loved it so much I hope to gift it to my man!!!!