Christ-Centered Marriage Guide for Couples and Ministry Groups
We Said, “I Do,” Now What?
The Biblical Blueprint Edition
A Guide to God’s Design for Building a Lasting and Fulfilling Marriage
A faith-centered marriage guide that brings the Relationships Reimagined® 7 Foundations Framework™ together with Scripture and practical application. Each chapter includes a Devotional Insight, Chapter Highlights, Living It Out practices, Questions for Reflection, and a Closing Prayer to help couples strengthen their relationship and the covenant they share.
For Churches, Marriage Ministries & Couples Groups
Looking for a resource your group can work through together?
Use We Said, “I Do,” Now What? as the foundation for a couples Bible study, marriage group, workshop series, or retreat. Each chapter includes Scripture, Questions for Reflection, Living It Out practices, and a Closing Prayer.
Marriage After “I Do”
Marriage begins with a covenant. Living that covenant involves the conversations, choices, responsibilities, pressures, joys, and changes couples experience throughout married life.
We Said, “I Do,” Now What? The Biblical Blueprint Edition brings Scripture together with practical relationship guidance to help husbands and wives examine how they communicate, manage finances, nurture intimacy, work through conflict, grow, establish boundaries, and build trust.
At the center of the book is the Relationships Reimagined® 7 Foundations Framework™: Communication, Conflict, Trust, Intimacy, Finances, Boundaries, and Growth.
Based on the Original Edition
We Said, “I Do,” Now What? The Biblical Blueprint Edition is based on the original edition of We Said, “I Do,” Now What? The original edition reached No. 1 in three Amazon categories.
The original edition did not directly reference Scripture. Readers asked for a version that made the biblical underpinnings explicit, and this edition weaves God’s Word into every chapter.
In the original edition, the framework was called the 7 Foundations of Marriage Framework. In this edition it appears as the Relationships Reimagined® 7 Foundations Framework™. The name changed as the framework expanded beyond marriage, while its core purpose remains consistent.
What Makes the Biblical Blueprint Edition Different?
This edition was created for couples who want to grow spiritually as well as relationally. Biblical teaching and practical relationship principles work together through:
Devotional Insights
Scripture is connected directly to the relationship principles explored in each chapter.
Chapter Highlights
Each chapter includes a “What Lies Ahead” preview that identifies the central ideas.
Living It Out
Practical exercises help husbands and wives put the chapter’s principles into practice.
Questions for Reflection
Guided questions support personal reflection and conversation between spouses.
Closing Prayers
Couples conclude each chapter by bringing what they have explored before God.
Each chapter also opens with a composite couple’s story and closes with Key Takeaways and a look ahead to the next chapter. Together, these elements give couples a repeatable pattern of Scripture, discussion, application, reflection, and prayer.
The Relationships Reimagined® 7 Foundations Framework™
The book uses the original seven Foundations developed for couple relationships:
Communication
“Communication is the breath of a relationship. Without it, the relationship suffocates.”
How couples listen, speak, understand, and respond to one another.
Conflict
“Conflict becomes destructive when pride leads, and healing when humility listens.”
How couples work through differences, disagreement, tension, recurring concerns, forgiveness, and repair.
Trust
“Trust is the rare gift that only honesty can keep.”
How honesty, integrity, dependability, commitment, and consistent actions strengthen security within the marriage.
Intimacy
“Intimacy begins when vulnerability is met with trust and acceptance.”
The emotional, physical, spiritual, intellectual, and experiential closeness shared within marriage.
Finances
“Finances tell the story of what we believe in most.”
How money, stewardship, financial priorities, habits, decisions, and responsibilities affect the marriage.
Boundaries
“Boundaries are the walls that protect peace and the gates that guard respect.”
How couples protect the marriage while managing family, work, friendships, technology, responsibilities, and outside influences.
Growth
“Growth begins when you choose to outgrow yesterday.”
How spouses develop individually and together while adapting to changing seasons of life.
These seven themes are woven through every chapter.
More Than Seven Topics
The 7 Foundations provide the framework. The book explores marriage across 16 chapters:
- The Relationships Reimagined® 7 Foundations Framework™
- Building a Solid Foundation
- Technology and Togetherness
- Achieving Financial Unity
- Planning for the Future
- Intimacy and Connection
- Nurturing Lasting Romance
- Fun, Adventure, and Play
- Resolving Conflict with Care
- Unforgiveness, Lies, and Hidden Truths
- Weathering Storms Together
- Balancing Individual and Shared Lives
- Personal Growth and Development
- Family, Boundaries, and Belonging
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Trust, Commitment, and Lasting Love
That range gives ministry leaders a wide choice of topics for a study.
Biblical Teaching Meets Real Married Life
Throughout the book, composite couples illustrate relationship patterns that many husbands and wives will recognize. Their stories provide a starting point for discussing how communication, financial decisions, intimacy, technology, expectations, conflict, boundaries, trust, and other pressures can affect married life. All names, characters, and incidents are fictionalized composites inspired by common relationship patterns.
The book also takes on difficult passages directly. Chapter 1 addresses Ephesians 5 and the misuse of submission, confronting distortions and guiding couples toward the freedom and trust God intended.
Alongside enduring marriage concerns, the book addresses contemporary pressures, including phones and social media, digital boundaries and privacy, artificial intelligence and AI companions, and the Relationships Reimagined® PACE Framework™ for keeping technology in its place. It also covers financial unity, planning for the future, and roles and responsibilities.
For Couples at Different Stages of Marriage
You may be newly married, preparing for your wedding, or seeking a deeper intimacy after years together. The book can serve couples at different stages of married life:
Newly married or engaged
Couples who are newly married or preparing for their wedding and want to build on a strong foundation.
Seeking deeper intimacy
Couples who have been together for years and want a deeper closeness.
Strengthening what they have built
Couples who want to invest intentionally in a marriage that is already working.
Rebuilding after a hard season
Couples rebuilding after a difficult period or rediscovering their purpose together.
A Natural Fit for Marriage Ministry and Bible Study
The structure of We Said, “I Do,” Now What? The Biblical Blueprint Edition makes it well suited for use in church marriage ministries, couples groups, Bible studies, and other faith-based group settings.
Each chapter gives couples material that can support both private study and group discussion. Ministry leaders can use the chapter themes, Scripture, Questions for Reflection, and Living It Out practices to guide conversation, while couples continue the application together outside the group.
The book can support:
- Couples Bible studies
- Marriage ministry groups
- Church small groups for married couples
- Marriage enrichment programs
- Newlywed groups
- Couples retreats
- Marriage workshops
- Multi-week church marriage studies
- Private study between spouses
A Simple Bible Study Format
This is our suggested format, built from the elements already in each chapter:
Before the Meeting
Read the assigned chapter individually or as a couple.
Begin Together
Open the group with prayer and review the primary Scripture and chapter theme.
Discuss
Use selected Questions for Reflection and chapter concepts to guide group conversation.
Apply
Invite couples to choose one of the Living It Out practices to complete together.
Pray
Close with the chapter’s prayer or use its themes to guide group prayer.
Between Meetings
Couples continue the selected practice and discuss what they are learning with one another.
Flexible Study Length
Because the book has 16 chapters, a group can use all of them or only some:
Full 16-Session Study
Work through one chapter per gathering.
Suggested 8-Week Plan
Cover two chapters per week over eight weeks. A week-by-week schedule and session format are available.
Selected-Topic Study
Choose chapters based on the needs of the ministry, such as communication, financial unity, intimacy, conflict, boundaries, or trust.
Retreat or Workshop Series
Select several chapters around a focused theme and use the reflection and application material between sessions.
Support Beyond the Book
The book encourages couples to seek help from counselors, mentors, or pastors when a pattern is more than a couple can manage alone. Chapters 9 and 10 each include a “When to Seek Help” section.
Those sections address patterns of anger or intimidation that disrupt safety in the home, and they state that if a marriage includes abuse or coercion, couples should seek support centered on safety before beginning joint repair work.
Foreword by Dr. Jada Jackson
In her foreword, Dr. Jada Jackson, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and the Founder and Clinical Director of ThinkWell+, describes the book as practical, faith-centered guidance for husbands and wives who want to strengthen their marriage and honor the covenant they share.
Written by Richard and Nancy Wallace
Richard and Nancy Wallace are the authors of We Said, “I Do,” Now What? The Biblical Blueprint Edition and the creators of the Relationships Reimagined® 7 Foundations Framework™.
Their work with relationships draws from professional training, their own marriage, prayerful reflection, and years of working with couples. The Biblical Blueprint Edition was created to help couples apply God’s love and wisdom within married life through Scripture and practical relationship principles.
Richard and Nancy are the co-founders of Relationships Reimagined®.
Book Details
- Edition: Second Edition, 2026
- Publisher: Publish Reimagined™, an imprint of Wallace Consultancy, LLC
- ISBN: 979-8-9935822-0-7
Continue the Journey
After the book, couples can apply the framework to their own relationship with The Us Profile™, a personalized report based on both partners’ responses. Each spouse completes the Profile independently, and the combined report brings those responses together into one picture of the relationship.
Bring the Biblical Blueprint Edition to Your Marriage Ministry
If your church, ministry, or couples group is considering We Said, “I Do,” Now What? The Biblical Blueprint Edition for Bible study, marriage enrichment, a couples group, workshop series, or retreat, Relationships Reimagined® can help you plan how to use the book within your ministry setting.
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We Said, “I Do,” Now What? The Biblical Blueprint Edition is intended for informational and educational purposes. It is not a substitute for professional advice. Couples facing abuse, immediate danger, or crisis should contact emergency services or an appropriate qualified professional.