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by Fred Raynaud

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Healing Rain - The Rain King

Healing Rain - the Rain King

List Price: $14.99

6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm) 
Black & White on Cream paper
296 pages

Fred Raynaud
ISBN-13: 978-0990595946
ISBN-10: 0990595943
BISAC: Fiction / Christian / General

Taken from The Back Cover

The sky overhead turned charcoal-black. Methuselah was engulfed in chaos. The rain beating on the deck went horizontal—a force as heavy as a fire hose. John cried out, as waves battered the sides of their boat, “BRYON, get inside and secure the cabin…. Tie everything down and turn up the radio. I am going to drop sail….” The boat rocked from side to side. The rain and wind beat John to a pulp.

“John, get back here! We need to ride this out. It’s safer in here!”

“Bryon, the sail is jammed…. I can’t loosen it! We’re taking on water. The aft end of the boat is starting to flood.”

John made his way back—they braced themselves. Cupboards in the galley were open. Can goods and supplies flew around like missiles. A can struck Bryon on the brow. Blood poured out of him, “I need a towel, I can’t see.”…

You have a date with destiny. Inside each of us resides a sleeping giant, who at any moment, if woken to the reality of the power and authority we have in Christ, could shake a nation.

Join the author, as he takes you on an epic journey of faith, hope, love, and despair, as seen though the amazing life of John Parker—the Rain King. From his miraculous birth to his date with destiny, see how one person, whose heart is bent before the Lord, can open the floodgates of heaven and bring down rain upon a dry and weary land.

A “Last Days” novel, with powerful prophetic undertones, that captures the heart of humanity, and what it means to bring the Kingdom of Heaven to Earth. Written with such urgency, this is a commission to all saints: awake from your slumber Sleeping Beauty—reap the harvest set before you.

This is the first book in The Sons of Thunder series.

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The Seer's Gift - is now on iBooks

Now available on iTunes and iBooks for iPad. Simply search for "The Seer's Gift" in the iBooks store. Don't forget to write a review.

This is the first book in a series on the life of a Seer and the gracious gift of God’s pictorial language to His bride, the Church.  In this volume we will explore the language of visions and dreams and dive into the depths of the Seer’s Gift.

It’s a timely work. We live in exciting times! Everywhere you turn God is pouring out the Spirit of prophecy and revelation upon his people, often through the language of dreams and visions. Dreams and visions are one of those mysterious things that always seem to intrigue people. Everyone, at one level or another, is interested in dreams and visions. We all have dreamt.

This series is for the everyday Christian, the average Joe, the layperson, people like you and me. I have written this book to release the folks that are sitting quietly in the back of the church and are not sure of how they fit in or what they can do to contribute to the Kingdom of God. With this series, I want to stir their hearts to go deeper, and dream and understand that, in Christ, they can do all things. I want to ignite their destiny with vision. 

The Lord does speak to His people. He speaks to them through His Word. He speaks to them with that small still voice. He speaks to them through circumstance, and He speaks through the language of visions and dreams. This series will help you listen in a new way as you operate to fulfill God’s will in your life. You will learn to understand how visions and dreams operate through gifting… wither it’s a word of knowledge, prophecy, healing, or discerning of spirits. I pray this series will meet my intended goal.

The Seer Series includes the following books:

• The Seer's Gift - a look at the Language of Visions and Dreams (this volume).
• The Seer and Healing - How visions and dreams operate in the ministry of healing.
• The Seer and Prophecy - The Gift and Office of the Seer Prophet.
• Pectoral Language of a Seer - a reference work on similes, metaphors, and symbolism commonly seen in the life of the believer.

MERCY DROPS ARE FALLING AGAIN

 “Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”

- Exodus 33:19

A while back, the Lord kept showing me a picture of a massive drop of golden liquid hanging in the air. It was translucent and glistening, and it was rich thick like honey. As I walked into worship and began to sing and pray, the Lord gave me the following vision. I was looking up to the heavens and suddenly the sky above me was covered with a sheet of honeycomb. The honeycomb stretched from one end of heaven to the other and the pockets of honey were vibrating to the sound of worship. Then, as I was looking in anticipation, the Lord changed my perspective and I was watching the honeycomb from heaven’s side.

As I was looking at the throne room, I saw Jesus standing there in Kingly attire. The entire room was filled with His glory and draped in golden light, as if everything was made of translucent gold. Jesus was standing on the backside of the honeycomb. It was as if a sea of honeycomb stretched across the heavens. He had a golden staff in His hand and He took His staff and pounded the honeycomb floor three times.

Call to the Rain

Let it Rain...

“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.” Hebrews 12:1-4

“Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;” 2 Peter 3:11-14

“And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the£ Lord God Omnipotent reigns! Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” Revelation 19:6, 7

As I write this blog, my eyes keep glancing out the windows of my office to the horizon, I see flashes of lightning and thunder. Now, in the natural, it is a lovely day, 80 degrees and sunny, but in my spirit I see storm clouds coming, great and mighty storm clouds, unlike any day the world has ever seen before, nor shall ever see again. I sense a day upon us unlike any time in history. It is a season of transfiguration, a time of the kingdoms of this world to collide with the Kingdom of Our God! A rapid moving of the consummation of all things is at hand. I can hear the beckoning of the Lord Jesus crying out –

Remembering John Wimber

I wanted to share a video compilation I put together for our church. It was too big for YouTube so I put it in my public DropBox folder. You can watch it here... Remembering John Wimber

Be Blessed - The Wordman

Seeing Cross-eyed

“For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.” – Col 2:9-10

What an amazing gift we have in Christ Jesus! As believers in the saving grace of Calvary we have been given something the world longs to see and know. We have been grafted into the bosom of Christ Himself, born again, and seated at the right hand of majesty. This incredible gift cannot be earned. It is not something that we strive for as if the works of our hands can somehow bring us to that place of reconciliation with God. It is a gift of grace for all that call Him Lord.

The problem is that the same church that understands the nature of saving-grace struggles when it comes to believing that they are filled with fullness of the Godhead. That somehow, after receiving salvation, we have to work at, or struggle even, to receive all that the Holy Spirit has to offer.  We pray for an open Heaven. We strive to be filled with His presence. We work with all that we can muster, to try to obtain what we already have. What we fail to understand is that this striving is often based on a works mindset. Now that does not mean that we do not hunger and thirst for more. We do. Our soul craves for more of Him. However, that hungering is birthed out of relationship and longing, like a bride for her groom. Works, on the other hand, is performance driven. We call out wanting what Christ has already given us. In Christ, all the fullness of the Godhead dwells. The promise of Jesus is that the believer would be filled to the full with Christ, Poppa, and the Holy Spirit, for all of the Godhead is in Him. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you...

“And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man” John 1:51

(note: the end of this post was amended due to a vision I had, shortly after the original post.) 


I find it fascinating, every time I read these two little words from Jesus, “verily, verily.” This duet appears 25 times in the New Testament and only in the book of John, and only spoken by Jesus. You lose the impact of this combination in the newer translations such as the NIV, where they use the words “very truly.” the Greek here is actually the word “amēn.” Its origin is Hebrew. It is often translated trustworthy, surely, so be it, amen, truly, and verily. According to Strong's, it has been called the best-known word in human speech. The word is directly related - in fact, almost identical - to the Hebrew word for “believe” (amam), or faithful, and it carries the notion of being “firm.” Thus, it came to mean “sure” or “truly,” an expression of absolute trust and confidence.

Drink My Bride...

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.  

I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.  Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.  I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.” - Psalms 63:1-4

“I’m simply done with life.  57, not terminal or depressed. I was going to use the plastic bag, but too many failed attempt stories.  I live in an apartment bldg, in

California USA & if someone hears me moaning inside the bag & calls the police, it’s BAD news for me. I’ve tried dehydration 4 times & have always failed & had water. ...

... I’m on another attempt at dehydration. Something always came up to deter my plan. It’s going much better this time. After 3 days of no food, I have no more hunger. Having no liquids is a lot tougher, but I’ve built up my courage & determination. I’m more willing to suffer dry-mouth, & I won’t “cheat” by eating frozen grapes (they contain enough liquid to delay death). I’ve lost 50 pounds so there’s not much for my body to live on itself. Some people might find this an agonizing way to die. It suits me. ... I’m very much at peace. I’ve made amends to all my friends & family. I’ve been an Atheist, but talked w/ several religious people about death. I believe I’ll go to a nice place, & I’ll recognize those I knew in some way. The dry-mouth is the hardest part of this method. At times it’s really hard to swallow. So I go to sleep for a while. ...” – From the Suicide Project - http://suicideproject.org

Thick Oil for a Chosen Generation

 'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the Lord Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace, ' declares the Lord Almighty."

- Haggai 2:9

Something inside me is burning. I can’t let it go. I yearn for that touch of the master’s hand that will shake the very foundation of my life and the lives of those around me. My heart is pounding in anticipation for Jesus to encounter his church like never before. I long for revival, true revival that is sustained for the long hall, a revival that grows from glory to glory, and does not dissipate through the years. I long for a touch of God on the land that will be greater than anything before it. I burn inside to see this generation leek with the presence of God. I long to see the reflection of Jesus on the face of His bride. I long to hear his heart beat and feel his embrace.

The Anointing

Saturday morning a butterfly landed on my armchair. I was in Florida, and it was gorgeous outside, so I wasn't supprised, except that butterflies speak so deeply to my heart. They speak of destiny and transformation. I had been sitting their wondering about life and destiny, and there it was, this little winged angel gazing up at me. I was immediately reminded about a word the Lord shared with me this last summer.

For weeks, the Lord had been sending me butterflies. When I asked Him what it meant He said "Transformation – pollination – impregnation - impartation. I am transforming My children to be a people called out by My name, to be a changed people – people that pulsate with the glory and beauty of My Kingdom. No longer will my children crawl around like caterpillars with their identity rooted in this world. They – have been transformed – renewed in their minds – a people that reflect My very nature – a people that have been transformed from this realm to the Heavenly. They have become butterflies of My reflective glory – they have taken flight, and in their flight they will pollinate the world around them with My kingdom, with My glory, with My love."

The Shaking

The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together: that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. Isaiah 41:17-20 (ASV)

...And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not whither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing. Ezek 47:12 (ASV)

This year there is going to be a gracious shacking in the kingdom of God. The shacking is a shacking of release into greater levels of love, mercy, and tenderness. This season is a season of harvest. This harvest is the harvest of the fruit trees of heaven. From across spectrum of the kingdom, trees that have been preparing, growing, and basting in His presence are moving into the realm of release and fruit-fullness. Let me explain.

House of Bread

“The average church has so much machinery and so little oil of the Holy Spirit that it squeaks like a threshing machine when you start it up in the fall after it has been out in the field all year.”

Billy Sunday (1862–1935)

The problem with many churches today is the same problem we see in many of our restaurants. The French were the first to coin the word “Restaurant.” In the Dictionnaire de Trevoux, in 1771, defined the word restaurateur, as

“Someone who has the art of preparing true broths, known as ‘restaurants’, and the right to sell all kinds of custards, dishes of rice, vermicelli and macaroni, egg dishes, boiled capons, preserved and stewed fruit and other delicious and healthy-giving foods.”

It wasn’t until 1786 that the word restaurant was used to describe an eating-house. The simplicity of the early eating-houses was nothing like the restaurants of today. They were the local hangouts – places that served comfort food – honest and homemade, at a value that was friendly to the common folk. What started out as a simple house-of-bread suddenly became more complex.

A Christmas Promise for 2011

In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you."

Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.

But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."

"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"

The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God."

"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her.

Luke 1:26-38 (NIV)

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6 (NIV)

On this Christmas morning as we give thanks to our Savior and Lord for the precious gift of salvation I want to encourage you to embrace the wonderful gift that the Lord has placed in you for 2011. Let me ask you a question. Do you have dreams that God has placed in your heart? Do you have a promise or a hope that has lain dormant for years? Let this season become a season of transition. Between Christmas and the New Year I want to encourage you to rekindling your dreams.

Let this time be a time of reflection in which your stir up the words softly spoke to you from Poppa and embrace them. Let the words of Mary cry out in your heart – “May it be as you have said.” For Mary, when she heard the word of promise, she pondered them, and kept them in her heart.

Sounds of the Shofar

While driving to church a while back the Lord showed me a mountain (or large hill). A man dressed in white with a yellow sash around his waist was standing on the mountain with a shofar in his hand. He was looking at another man, dressed in the same apparel, on a mountain to his left – and he started to blow the shofar. Then the second man began to blow as he looked to a third on his left, and then the third blew, and the forth blew, and so on until the sound of their horns surrounded the valley and the Glory of the Lord filled the valley. The Lord had knit together the sound of their horns, like a battle cry. Each one was encamped around the valley, north, south, east, and west.

As I heard the sound I shouted “Hallelujah,” with rhythmic intensity, I would hear the sound, and shouted Hallelujah – over and over again. And I knew that these men on the mountains around the valley were outposts that God had planted across the country, and I continued to sing – Hallelujah – it was like a war cry – that had a sequence and a unity to it, a common call for common ground.

Then..., when I got to church and started to worship the Lord showed me the following:

The Shofar

The Lord again showed me the man on the mountain – only he did not have the horn, he standing there waiting with expectancy for something to happen. Suddenly, the wind began to blow around him like a tornado. It started at his feet and became larger and bigger until he was wrapped in the wind..., and the wind formed into a shofar in his hands and he began to blow – a shofar of holy wind. And the Lord said,

In times past my people would run to the fire, they would run here and run there, to Brownsville, to Toronto, to wherever my fire was burning. But today is a new day. In times past, your running only took you “so-far” but today, I am doing a new thing. I am raising your vision, I am changing your perspective, I am causing you to see at a higher level. No longer will you run here and there, for what I plan to do in your midst, is in your midst. Take off your shoes. Look at the ground you are standing on. For it is Holy.....

As I looked, I saw bare feet standing on dry ground and suddenly the ground became wet with his presence, the earth had yielded up its springs and the water was rising. Then the Lord said,

The very soil you are standing upon shall release my presence for it has been stored up for this day. For if the very rocks would cry out, how much more will the land give way to my servants. God said, You shall bloom where you are planted. For what I did in pockets across the land in the past, I will do to you..., here, today, for this is the season of the unity of my presence and my outpouring is not for the few, but for the many, and I shall cause you to climb higher – and see my endless possibilities for you in this region.

The Face of Change

I thought I would share with you what the Lord showed me a while back. I want to write out these moments of inspiration for reflection, as power points of meditation. Signposts if you will....

I was looking up at the heavens and I saw the sky stirring like the underside of a hurricane. Something was stirring in the heavens. As I watched the heavens stir I so the wind descending like a storm, stirring..., as it stirred the sky was filled with the wind and the wind became the face of Jesus.

I felt the Lord was saying that He was stirring the heavens to bring about a change in relationship. That no longer will His children strive to serve him but that he was drawing us into a season, from servant hood to friendship. That no longer will we be content with seeking from his hand, but we shall become His hand, for he is wooing us to the place of close friendship, where we will be able to rest our heads upon His shoulder, and He will whisper into our ears the secret things of the kingdom. He will lean on us and draw us into a new closeness.

Can we Sustain Revival?

As one who grew up in the Jesus people movement, my fear is that as we move on from generation to generation, the reality of what God birthed in those early days of revival would turn into a watered down version of His original intent. Before God breathed life into that young hippy generation, much of the church was living in black and white (like a black & white TV set with rabbit ears), never knowing that color existed – never knowing that the kingdom of Heaven is nothing but color. Then Jesus caused this awesome revival to take place and suddenly, there was a family of believers that saw the kingdom in HD Technicolor... and everywhere they went they painted their communities from the color pallet of the kingdom and God became a powerful living God, for the average Joe – and everybody got to play.

No more was the kingdom set apart for the chosen few – the gate to the city of God was open for all the sheep to come in. It was a priority! Advancement of the kingdom through the fresh breath and color of Jesus, through signs and wonders rooted in love, was our passion. There was no hype – it was new and it was refreshing. And it was available to all with no reservations. We were a church of trainers, constantly building up the body of Christ and equipping the Saints for the work of ministry.

My worship prayer, so often is... .

... Come Holy Spirit...

...Come Holy Spirit...,

Send your pow-er, oh Lord - Our God...

Send your pow-er, oh Lord , our God...,

and Light the Fire again..., and don’t let it go out.

You see the lyrical cry of our hearts is real – and we need to be revived again. We want it done to this new, young, generation – and more so.

Thoughts on Visionary Language

Visionary language is very important to the Holy Spirit. It is like shouting from the rooftop. God often uses this type of communication to stir us up and to raise our vision of how big and awesome He is.

It is like a father walking with his child through a crowded street. The child is clinging, grasping tight to his father’s hand as they weave in and out of the crowd.

The child knows that their on a mission but has no real idea where he is going or how they are going to get there. All he can see is belts and elbows..., he can’t see beyond the sea of bodies in front of him. Then suddenly, the father picks up his child and throws him upon His shoulders. And suddenly the child is brought into a new reality of clarity. The road has taken on a whole new dimension of direction.

God does not use visionary language because he is into drama or envious of Steven Spielberg. He uses it to plant seeds of direction, seeds of a deeper understanding, and seeds of faith in His mightiness. God uses visionary language to expand our way of thinking and to bring us into alignment with His kingdom purpose. God is dramatic! And what He desires to do is very extreme and very dramatic. But that is His very nature. He is just looking for someone to partner with Him and dream a bigger dream..., then align and co-labor with-him – so that His mission moves forward.

Grains of Wheat

A while back the Lord showed me a picture of wheat fields, golden wheat fields, far and wide. The Lord was walking the wheat fields and on His back was a massive bundle of wheat. And the Lord said, tell my people “I have walked the wheat fields, and have gathered each and every one of you from the harvest, and I have carried you, yes, carried you upon my back, through the wheat fields. Every grain has been counted. Every kernel is vital to me and to my kingdom, and I have purchased you, I have bought you for a price.

Then I saw the Lord sitting by a river next to a flat rock. He had in His hand a bundle of wheat. Slowly, He stood up and began to thrash the wheat upon the rock.... As he trashed the wheat, the wind rose and blew away the chaff from the kernels of wheat. He gathered the wheat with the palm of His hand and moved it into a pile in the center of the rock.

With His palm, he began to crush the wheat, grinding it into a fine powder..., into flour. As he worked the flour with His hand, he reached into river, scooped a palm full of water, and then stirred it into the flour. As He drizzled He worked the flour back and forth, back and forth, until a sticky mass was formed. He reached into His sash and pulled out a vile of golden olive oil and drizzled it in as he worked it.... Then He stopped – looking intently..., and said, “I knead you!” I need you!”

Mercy Drops are Falling

All week long, the Lord kept showing me a massive drop of golden liquid, it was translucent and glistening, it was rich like honey. As I walked into worship and began to sing and pray, the Lord gave me this picture.

I was looking up to the heavens and suddenly the sky above me was covered with a sheet of honeycomb. The honeycomb stretched from one end of heaven to the other and the pockets of honey were vibrating to the sound of worship. Then, as I was looking in anticipation, the Lord changed my perspective and I was watching the honeycomb from heaven’s side.

As I was looking at the throne room, I saw Jesus standing there in Kingly attire. The entire room was filled with His glory and draped in golden light, as if everything was made of translucent gold. Jesus was standing on the backside of the honeycomb, like a sea of honeycomb that stretched across the heavens. He had a golden staff in His hand and He took His staff and pounded the floor three times.