Bible Verses About Opening Up Your Heart To God

Dear friends, opening our hearts fully to God requires vulnerability and trust. We often barricade parts of our inner world, fearing exposure.

In moments of failure or dreams, we can feel alone in our pain. Yet God cares deeply, if only we let Him enter in. His desire is to meet our needs with divine love, not shame.

When David poured out cries for mercy despite his profound sins, he found complete forgiveness. Hannah’s anguished prayer over childlessness was also lovingly answered when she directed it openly to the Lord.

We cannot hide anything from the Creator who formed the chambers of our hearts. As we learn to trust God with our deepest places, intimacy grows.

Dear friends, surrendering every hidden corner of our hearts to God brings new life. Now let’s read Bible verses below on opening ourselves to His presence.

Opening Up to God’s Love

1 John 4:19
“We love him, because he first loved us”

Romans 5:5
“Hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us”

Ephesians 3:17-18
“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, length, depth, height”

1 John 4:16
“We have known believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, God in him”

Psalm 36:7
“How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings”

Trusting God with Your Whole Heart

Proverbs 3:5
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; lean not unto thine own understanding”

Psalm 28:7
“The Lord is my strength my shield; my heart trusted in him, I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; with my song will I praise him”

Jeremiah 17:7-8
“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord , whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out her roots by the river, shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit”

Psalm 13:5
“But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation”

Psalm 37:5
“Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in him; he shall bring it to pass”

Nahum 1:7
“The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; he knoweth them that trust in him”

Connecting Deeply with God

James 4:8
“Draw nigh to God, he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; purify your hearts, ye double minded”

Psalm 42:1-2
“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come appear before God?”

2 Chronicles 15:2
“He went out to meet Asa, said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, all Judah Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you”

Psalm 63:1
“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry thirsty land, where no water is”

Jeremiah 29:13
“Ye shall seek me, find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart”

Overcoming Fear of Vulnerability

Psalm 34:4
“I sought the Lord , he heard me, delivered me from all my fears”

Isaiah 41:10
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness”

2 Timothy 1:7
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, of love, of a sound mind”

Psalm 27:1
“The Lord is my light my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

1 John 4:18
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love”

Psalm 56:3
“What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee”

Letting God Into Your Life

Revelation 3:20
“Behold, I stand at the door, knock: if any man hear my voice, open the door, I will come in to him, will sup with him, he with me”

John 14:23
“Jesus answered said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: my Father will love him, we will come unto him, make our abode with him”

Galatians 2:20
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, gave himself for me”

Colossians 1:27
“To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory”

Ezekiel 36:26
“A new heart also will I give you, a new spirit will I put within you: I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, I will give you an heart of flesh”

Healing Through God

Psalm 147:3
“He healeth the broken in heart, bindeth up their wounds”

Jeremiah 17:14
“Heal me, O Lord , I shall be healed; save me, I shall be saved: for thou art my praise”

Isaiah 57:18-19
“I have seen his ways, will heal him: I will lead him also, restore comforts unto him to his mourners. I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, to him that is near, saith the Lord ; I will heal him”

Psalm 30:2
“O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, thou hast healed me”

Matthew 11:28
“Come unto me, all ye that labour are heavy laden, I will give you rest”

3 John 1:2
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper be in health, even as thy soul prospereth”

Praying From the Heart

Matthew 6:6
“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly”

Philippians 4:6-7
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts minds through Christ Jesus”

Psalm 145:18
“The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth”

1 John 5:14
“This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us”

James 5:16
“Confess your faults one to another, pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”

Psalm 62:8
“Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah”

Spiritual Growth Through Openness

Ephesians 4:15
“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ”

2 Peter 3:18
“But grow in grace, in the knowledge of our Lord Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now for ever. Amen”

Colossians 2:6-7
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted built up in him, stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving”

1 Peter 2:2
“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby”

Hebrews 6:1
“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God”

Luke 17:5
“The apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith”