Canticle of Covenant Faithfulness is a responsive biblical canticle published in The United Methodist Hymnal in 1989.
Hymns Based on Isaiah 55:6
Christian hymns and worship songs connected to Isaiah 55:6
"Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon."
— Isaiah 55:6
Theological Significance
This verse has inspired Christian hymns that explore themes of Repentance, Grace, Forgiveness, Mercy, Assurance. Many worship songs connected to Isaiah 55:6 proclaim these timeless biblical truths and invite believers to reflect on and celebrate the message of this scripture.
Sermon Themes from This Passage
- Repentance
- Grace
- Forgiveness
- Mercy
- Assurance
Suggested Hymns for Worship
Opening Hymn
Seek the Lord
Response Hymn
Canticle of Covenant Faithfulness
Reflection Hymn
Jesus Is Tenderly Calling Thee Home
Closing Hymn
Sinners, Turn: Why Will You Die
Example Worship Flow
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Call to Worship Psalm 100
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2
Opening Hymn Seek the Lord
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3
Scripture Reading Isaiah 55:6
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4
Sermon Repentance
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5
Response Hymn Canticle of Covenant Faithfulness
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6
Reflection Hymn Jesus Is Tenderly Calling Thee Home
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Closing Hymn Sinners, Turn: Why Will You Die
Hymns Inspired by This Passage
Come Back Quickly to the Lord is the English form of the Korean hymn “Eo Seo Doraoo” (어서 돌아오오), a direct invitation to people who have wandered from God to return to the mercy of the Lord.
Jesus Is Tenderly Calling Thee Home is a late nineteenth-century gospel invitation hymn that presents the call of Christ as both gracious and urgent.
Seek the Lord is Fred Pratt Green’s compact metrical paraphrase of Isaiah 55:6–11, written in 1986.
Sinners, Turn: Why Will You Die is Charles Wesley’s urgent appeal to repentance, shaped by God’s question to Israel in Ezekiel: “Why will you die?” The represented three-stanza form addresses the hearer successively in the name of God the Maker, God the Savior, and God the Spirit.
“Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling” is an invitation hymn built around a striking combination of gentleness and urgency.
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy celebrates divine compassion as larger than the limits people habitually place upon it.