23 Bible Verses On Surrendering To God

Surrendering to God is not exactly about giving up total control over every single little thing. Obviously we still need to make choices about our daily lives and plan for the future. Surrendering to God is more about aligning what you want with what God wants and being willing to follow Him as He guides you in your life.

And he said to all, If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. | Luke 9:23

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die. | Genesis 2:16-17

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. | 2 Timothy 3:16

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. | Matthew 6:33

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. | Romans 5:8

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. | Romans 12:2

Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? | James 2:20

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. | John 3:16

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. | Ephesians 2:10

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. | Romans 8:7-8

I can do all things through him who strengthens me. | Philippians 4:13

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. | Psalm 32:8

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. | Romans 12:1

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. | Romans 12:1-2

Jesus answered him, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. | John 3:3
Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. | John 4:34

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. | Matthew 7:21

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. | Hosea 4:6

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! | Psalm 95:6

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | James 4:7

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. | Acts 17:30

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. | 2 Corinthians 5:17

You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? | Matthew 7:16