AuthorDino Katsiametis

#3 Tony “The Marine” Lattimore went from Desert Storm to Hollywood.

Phillipians 4:13 “I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Gives Me Stregnth” is Tony Lattimore’s verse of choice and for good reason.  Tony was drifting from God in his 30’s by living excessively.  His party lifestyle kept him from having the things his heart truly wanted.

At his lowest point Tony found his strength in God.  He met his beautiful wife who brought with her 8 children, the family he so desired.  Together they had another child and baby made 9.

In this episode of God’s Men Of Influence, Tony and Dino discuss the true meaning of the Strength of Christ’s love.

Recommended Book – Jesus Calling by Sarah Young

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#2 Derek Graham, from drug addict to fitness & nutrition addict helping thousands of people change their lives.

  • Owner and co-founder of The 12 and nutrition, fitness and supplements business
  • Married 10 years and has one daughter
  • Was adopted
  • recovered drug addict
  • Woke up in the hospital from a drug overdose with all his family and friends next to him
  • Woke up in hospital for a second time from drug overdose with nobody left to care for him
  • Lost his job
  • Lost his real friends
  • Quit cold turkey and replaced his drug addiction with fitness and has now helped thousands of people change their lives.
  • One of the nicest honest and sincerest guys you will ever meet.
  • If you want to get in touch with Derek Graham – Derek@the12.com

Recommended Book:  The Purpose Driven Life

#1 Ben Julianel – Ex-baseball player, husband, business owner and man of God talks to Dino about his struggles and finding the Lord.

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters” Colossians 3:23

Ex-baseball player, husband, business owner and man of God Ben Julianel talks to Dino about his personal struggles and the events that lead to finding the Lord. Every week, host Dino Katsiametis interviews Christian men that are leaders in the business world.  They discuss the different ways that they can improve the lives of the people in their community.  The mission is to facilitate an environment where men can help each other be the best version of themselves and mentor each other through the task of creating a world that God wishes for us.  One that is peaceful…one that is prosperous…and one that is so filled with unconditional hope and love that we can’t help, but wake up everyday feeling joyous.  Men who are empowered to be leaders can have an incredible impact on the women, children and families that surround them.

Here are just some of the questions that Dino asked Ben on the show:

  1. When did you find God?  Did you have an aha moment?  Was it some big epiphany where a light bulb went off or was it just kind of… always there?  Where i’m going with this is…  was it after a struggle, like did something happened that caused you hardship?

  1. Was there a book or person that was influential?

  2. What is your favorite verse and why?

  3. Fast forward now from that aha moment to present…  How has God changed your life.  Where are you today because of your struggle and how has that or can it be used to help other people?

  4. What advice can you give someone that might be going through a hard time right now?

  5. What does it mean to you, to be a God’s Man Of Influence?

Recommended Book:  The Purpose Driven Life

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There’s No Shame In Hitting Rock-bottom

shameI’ve had a lot of friends hit rock-bottom over the years.  In fact, I’ve hit rock-bottom financially a number of times and I absolutely know how it feels.  For a time, you feel worthless like you’ve let everyone down.  You also feel hopeless because you think you’ll never be able to recover.  Then you feel angry because of all the time you’ve lost.  Sometimes, you burn bridges, end marriages and lose friends.  It’s a horrible, horrible feeling compounded; I would imagine, if you add drugs and alcohol into the mix.  The common thread between all of these feelings is shame.

Shame is surprisingly difficult to get over.  It attaches to your ego and eats away at your sense of self.  Shame is so strong that it is considered the number 1 reason why people who get lost in the woods  die.  It is also; not surprisingly, a very common cause of suicide.  When you feel shame you isolate which is the exact wrong thing to do.  Isolation will slow down any forward progress toward recovery.

When I felt my deepest shame, I did two things which were very effective.  I surrendered myself to God and surrounded myself with a strong support structure of friends and family who believed in me regardless of my failure.  First, what I discovered by surrendering myself was that it became much easier to understand what God wanted.  I was able to read the scriptures with a clear and open heart and they began to make more sense than they ever had before.  Second, by surrounding myself with loved ones I was not given much of a chance to wallow in self pity or shame.  They all called me out and lifted me up at a time when it would’ve been difficult to do for myself.

I’m now very grateful for everything in my life, including and especially hitting what I considered rock-bottom.  Had I not hit rock-bottom I would not have surrendered to the Lord, I would not have made the decisions I have since then that led to a thriving business based on integrity and I would not have met many of the people I know now who help me to spread the Word. By the way, many of the people I’ve met had hit rock-bottom in dozens of ways and all have come through as thriving God’s Men of Influence.  This is why I can say,  there is no shame in hitting rock-bottom.  Remember, “The struggle strengthens.”


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