Isaiah 62 Prayer Campaign

Prayer Letter for June 2026

Dear Prayer Partners,

Besides now moving into June, we also recently entered Sivan, the third month of the Hebrew calendar. This is when God descended upon Mt. Sinai in fire, when the whole mountain shook, and when He established an important covenant with Israel. Everything that happened in the months before was preparation for this moment. The Lord had led His people through the Red Sea, cleansed the bitter waters of Mara, provided for them at Elim, and brought water from the rock. He was not simply sustaining them. He was courting them, drawing them to Himself, preparing their hearts for an encounter that would change everything.

At Mt. Sinai, the Lord spoke to Moses in the language of covenant and marriage: “You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” (Exodus 19:4-6)

The people responded with one voice: “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” (Exodus 19:8) God then gave Moses the Ten Commandments. Later, Moses, Aaron, and the seventy elders of Israel ascended the mountain and “saw the God of Israel”, and also ate and drank in His presence (Exodus 24:9-11). It was a covenant meal, a foreshadow of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb described in Revelation 19.

The number seventy is not incidental. In Genesis 10, the Table of Nations lists the seventy descendants of Noah, from whom all the nations on earth have come. When God sealed His covenant on the mountain with seventy elders present, it was as though every nation on earth had a representative standing at that wedding table. Israel is there as the covenant people, but the nations were already in God’s view. This echoes the promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:3: “in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” From the very beginning, God’s covenant with Israel was never exclusive, but a channel for blessing all nations.

Sivan is also the month of Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks. On this very feast day some 2000 years after Sinai, the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and followers of Jesus gathered in Jerusalem. What God began on Sinai with fire and covenant, He continued in the Upper Room with fire and a new covenant written on hearts. Both moments carry the same heartbeat: God pursuing a people, filling them with His Spirit, and calling them to be a kingdom of priests.

A priest stands between God and man, bringing God to the people and bringing the people before God. This is the calling of Sivan for us. The Lord is inviting each of us to come up to the mountain to seek His face, reaffirm our covenant with Him, and stand in the gap for Israel, our nations, and our generation.

As we hear the Lord calling us this month, let us respond: “All that the Lord has spoken, I will do.” The Bridegroom is coming for a Bride who has made herself ready.

Standing with you in prayer,

Joshua B. Gooding
Head of Prayer Department
International Christian Embassy Jerusalem

PS: Our next day of prayer and fasting for the Isaiah 62 Prayer Campaign will be on Wednesday, 3 June 2026. Also, please join our daily Global Prayer Gathering at 4:30 PM (Israel time) to pray for the nation of Israel. So, please join us there at on.icej.org/ICEJGlobalPrayer

And let us hear from you about your needs and how God has answered your prayers! Send a short email to prayer@icej.org to let us know you are praying and fasting with us.