You know God loves you.
What would it mean to receive
that love personally?
Receiving the Father’s Love
A six-week course with Andrew Chapman
Perhaps you’ve been a Christian for years. You believe God loves you, but when you’re struggling, disappointed or have made a mistake, it can be difficult to feel secure in that love.
You may find it easier to serve God than to receive from Him. You want to draw close, yet part of you still expects disappointment—or feels you should be doing more.
This course gives you space to explore those places with your Father and discover the affection He already has for you.
Through biblical teaching, honest conversation and guided prayer, we’ll learn to trust His heart, receive His care and live with a deeper sense of belonging.
“ to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds Ephesians 3:19
Come as you are
You don’t need to have everything together. You don’t need to be good at prayer or know how to describe what you’re feeling.
Bring your questions, your hopes and the places where receiving love feels difficult. Each week offers practical opportunities to respond to God at your own pace, with no pressure to share anything personal or have a particular experience.
This course is for you if you:
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Know God loves you but long for that truth to become more personal.
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Often feel you need to earn approval or prove your worth.
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Find it difficult to trust, receive help or admit what you need.
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Want to explore how past experiences have shaped your expectations of God.
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Long for a closer, more secure relationship with your Father.
Your journey through the six weeks
Week 1 · Can I Trust Your Love?
Discover the Father’s heart through Jesus.
What do you expect when you approach God—warmth, distance, disappointment? We’ll explore the Father Jesus reveals and begin recognising where our expectations need His truth and kindness.
Week 2 · I Belong in Your Family
Grow in the security of being His child.
Explore what adoption into God’s family means for you personally. We’ll look at the fear of being overlooked, the pressure to manage everything alone and the freedom of knowing you can ask your Father for help.
Week 3 · When My Heart Finds Love Difficult
Make room for comfort where trust has been hurt.
Past experiences can affect what we expect from love. We’ll gently explore painful expectations and unmet needs, bringing them to the Father with honesty and making space for His comfort and truth.
Week 4 · Loved Without Having to Prove Myself
Learn to receive affection beyond achievement.
What happens when you have nothing impressive to offer? We’ll explore striving, perfectionism and the need to be useful, learning how to work, rest and grow from a secure place of being loved.
Week 5 · Opening My Heart to Receive
Practise receiving the love you’ve been learning about.
Through Scripture, stillness and guided prayer, we’ll give time to receiving personally. You’ll discover simple ways to attend to God and recognise His care, without measuring yourself against anyone else’s experience.
Week 6 · Living Loved Every Day
Carry this relationship into ordinary life.
Bring what you’ve learned into your decisions, relationships, fears and disappointments. You’ll leave with a practical plan for continuing to turn towards the Father and live from His love.
At the end of this course, you will…
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Have a clearer understanding of the Father’s heart, grounded in how Jesus reveals Him.
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Recognise expectations that make love difficult to receive, with practical ways to bring them to God.
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Be better equipped to approach Him honestly, including when you feel weak, disappointed or ashamed.
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Understand your belonging as His child and how that changes the way you ask for help.
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Identify where you strive for approval and begin practising a response rooted in grace.
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Have simple ways to receive through Scripture and prayer, suited to your everyday life.
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Leave with a personal plan for continuing to grow, supported by what you’ve discovered over the six weeks.
You may still have questions and places that need care. You’ll have taken time to bring them into relationship with a Father who welcomes you.
Space to learn, respond and grow
Each week includes:
Biblical teaching with Andrew.
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Opportunities for discussion and questions.
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Guided prayer and practical activations.
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Five short daily Bible reflections to help you put the teaching into practice.
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Receiving the Father’s Love is a companion to Healing from Mother Wounds and can also be taken on its own.
Our foundational Scripture is Ephesians 3:14–19: Paul’s prayer that we would become rooted in love and know personally the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge.
ANDREW
CHAPMAN
Andrew has a history with God that is centered on a growing revelation of the Father's affection towards us and postures his life to be in the light of that reality. Compelled to see people connected to their Father, he finds himself leading ordinary people in the day-to-day rhythms of life to experience the love of their Maker. Living a life of the supernatural as a natural part of daily life, led Andrew to found the London School of Supernatural Ministry. Using the full curriculum of Bethel's BSSM, this pioneering London-based ministry has been training people to hear clearly from God, take risks, and demonstrate the miraculous, bringing heaven to earth to transform culture.
From politicians, business leaders, and creatives, to mosques, hospitals and new age shops - over the last eight years, they have amassed countless testimonies of seeing the kingdom of Heaven breakthrough to heal, save and touch people from every part of society. Beyond LSSM Andrew has also trained many pastors individually and across denominations, both here and abroad, in how to create and grow a Kingdom culture. Andrew's passion is to see every Christian fully flowing in love, and power to see the kingdom of Heaven come in every situation you find yourself in.
