Isaiah 62 Prayer Campaign

Prayer Letter for March 2026

Dear Prayer Partners,

As we enter the biblical month of Adar, we are reminded that God often completes what seemed delayed and restores what felt lost. Adar, the twelfth month of the biblical calendar, falls at the end of the year, just before the new beginning of Nisan. Ezra 6:15 tells us, “Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar.” The Temple, the dwelling place of God among His people, was completed in the final month, reminding us that fulfillment often comes just before a new season begins. Adar also appears in the story of Esther, where the enemy cast lots to determine a day for Israel’s destruction. That lot fell in Adar. Yet what was decreed for annihilation became a divine reversal. The same month marked by threat became an amazing testimony of deliverance, showing us that God can overturn what the enemy has planned and transform it into victory.

Scripture shows us that completion rarely appears suddenly. Breakthrough has a hidden history in prayer and fasting. The Temple completion in Adar was the visible outcome of invisible intercession. To understand this pattern, we must look back to Daniel. In Daniel 9, we see a man who discerned God’s timing through the Scriptures. He understood from Jeremiah that the exile was nearing its end. Yet instead of assuming restoration would happen automatically, Daniel set himself to prayer and fasting. He prayed for covenant fulfillment, humbling himself in repentance and declaring the faithfulness of God. He prayed not to inform God, but to align with Him. Heaven responded to Daniel’s intercession with prophetic revelation and angelic movement. His prayer helped usher in the restoration that would eventually lead to the rebuilding and completion of the Temple. What was birthed in exile became visible back in the Land a few decades later.

Fasting was central to Daniel’s posture before God. Biblical fasting is positioning the heart in surrender. Isaiah 58 shows when fasting aligns with God’s heart, strongholds are broken, light breaks forth, and restoration follows. God promises guidance and rebuilding when His people humble themselves before Him. As we reflect on Adar, we are invited into that same partnership. This month is not only a reminder of past reversals. It is a call to present intercession. What promises has God spoken that still need to be carried in prayer?

This Adar, like in the stories of Daniel and Esther, the nation of Persia (modern-day Iran) has set itself against the people and nation of Israel. And just like Daniel and Esther, we believe the Lord is inviting us to stand in prayer and fasting for breakthrough in this region. This month until March 19, we are calling a Fast on every Friday to see strongholds broken, particularly the grip of Islam on the region. Let us take our stand together as watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem.

With gratitude for your partnership in prayer.

Joshua 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, 4 March 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.