Sentences with phrase «of abstaining from»

It is the ongoing experience of abstaining from unhealthy, addictive sexual behaviors.

Of those abstaining from card use, the main reason cited was the potential for accumulating debt.

It's hard for me to imagine how the dominant, non-formalist form of film studies, with its systemic handicap of abstaining from value judgment and not being able to treat the film as an independent aesthetic object capable of producing an infinite variety of affects, can be terribly instructive for the enterprise of film criticism, which necessarily calls for a hierarchy of values on the part of the practitioner and his / her acknowledgement being a sentient, unique subject capable of being transformed by the film.

As much as I love my food love affairs (constant and occasional), I'm also quite intrigued by the idea of abstaining from certain foods I usually gravitate towards and see where that takes me.

I'm already experiencing palpitations at the mere thought of abstaining from shopping so this ought to be an interesting experiment

An elimination diet consists of abstaining from all potential allergens for 7 days and then slowly adding them back in while watching for symptoms.

Let's master the art of being OK with the discomfort of abstaining from food.

This feeling fades after a few days of abstaining from sugar, sat fats and salt and you will begin to feel fewer hunger pangs during the day as your blood sugar returns to its baseline level.

I won't go in to my story but I will say that after only 6 days (today) of abstaining from the unproductive habit, I genuinely feel better for it.

Although I was lucky to not experience morning sickness, I took on board the traditional advice of abstaining from dynamic asana in my first trimester.

Eating fish on Christmas Eve traces back to the Roman Catholic tradition of abstaining from meat on Fridays as well as specific Holy Days.

This idea of abstaining from alcohol in the new year has become popular stateside, too, in the past couple of years.

Several of these studies have shown that years of abstaining from booze can allow brain regions to return to their original volume and can repair neural connections across different regions.

A meat tax would bring more fairness to the tax system, and the revenue gained could go towards funding educational programmes about the health and environmental benefits of abstaining from meat, eggs and dairy products.

On the cost side of the analysis, 9 months of abstaining from alcohol is virtually nil.

After nine months of abstaining from alcohol during pregnancy, it may come as a shock to new moms when an alcoholic beverage is actually recommended during breastfeeding.

After pregnancy and nine months of abstaining from all alcohol, many new moms want to know when they can have a beer or glass of wine.

The 20th century Jewish rabbi Abraham Heschel wrote concerning the Sabbath: «When the Romans met the Jews and noticed their strict adherence to the law of abstaining from labor on the Sabbath, their only reaction was contempt.

Not exact matches

There are obvious consequences to drinking on the clock: A study from the Journal of Consumer Psychology found that prospective hires who ordered a glass of wine during an interview were seen as less intelligent than those who abstained — even when the interviewer was indulging in a drink.

While it might sound intimidating (the name itself doesn't exactly scream «user - friendly»), intermittent fasting can be adapted for a variety of eating preferences, from regularly abstaining from food for 12 - 16 hours at a time to not eating once or twice a week.

«Results indicate that when high on trait psychopathy, trolls employ an empathic strategy of predicting and recognizing the emotional suffering of their victims, while abstaining from the experience of these negative emotions,» the researchers wrote.

Not only that, but around a third of voting shares abstained from the reelection of every member of the board's compensation committee.

The basic idea is to abstain from shopping and spending for the day (which is also Black Friday, the start of the busiest shopping period of the year in the U.S.).

Intermittent fasting does not necessarily mean abstaining from all food for extended periods of time.

Gannett asks Tribune Publishing shareholders to abstain from voting for a slate of candidates for the company's board of directors to «send a message» to company leadership.

April 23 (Bloomberg)-- Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, explains why he abstained from voting on Coca - Cola Co.'s plan to award employees with stock, how he feels about tech stocks and the U.S. housing recovery.

Social media is now ingrained into the fabric of our lives, and it is no longer feasible to completely abstain from it.

We of course abstained from all forms of «impurity» and I was constantly at the altar of my church repenting and often in tears over the lusts of the flesh that I had not yet «brought captive».

«The act of willingly abstaining from all food, and is some cases drink, for a pre-determined period of time.»

This, of course, was asking a great sacrifice, but it was something that was beyond abstaining from sin.

But the expectation that Mayne will abstain from premarital sex while in a leadership role, Mosman added, is no different from what would be expected of a single man who is not gay.

But my question is this, if being gay isn't about sex, then a «gay» couple would have no problem abstaining from any sexual act and just love the hell out of each other.

But my question is this, if being straight isn't about sex, then a «straight» couple would have no problem abstaining from any sexual act and just love the hell out of each other.

In this current economy where people are struggling to make ends meet the catholic church wants a husband and wife to abstain from intimacy because that is the only form of brith control they approve of.

So Laaser reached out to secular 12 - step programs, using Alcoholics Anonymous» framework as a guide to reaching what he called sexual «sobriety,» abstaining from sex outside of marriage and avoiding masturbation.

1 Timothy 4:1 - 3 — But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.

Even though some Christians advocate for the total abstinence of alcohol as a moral mandate for all believers, the Bible never requires all believers to abstain from alcohol.

Mormons with temple privileges wear special undergarments as a reminder of their faith, and those who are devoted abstain from alcohol, tea and coffee.

But if «judge not» means that Christians are to abstain from all moral evaluations, all assessments of good and bad, then Jesus contradicts Himself in the analogy that follows His famous command.

Maybe some of the voices are well - intentioned — like youth pastors who reference their «smokin» hot wives» or preachers who promise mind - blowing sex if you abstain from sex before marriage — but we can't be content with motives.

If a human being has the gender of «female» AND that same human being is the property of a man / woman / master, then the Bible, in both the OT and the NT, under Law and under Grace, endorses / mandates abstaining from sexual intercourse.

Your guidelines might include discerning your spouse's perspective, never raising your voices and abstaining from defensiveness and all forms of passive aggressive behavior (this includes withdrawing and sarcasm).

(14) So unto this (religion of Islâm alone and this Qur» ân) then invite (people)(O Muhammad SAW), and stand firm [on Islâmic Monotheism by performing all that is ordained by Allâh (good deeds), and by abstaining from all that is forbidden by Allâh (sins and evil deeds)-RSB-, as you are commanded, and follow not their desires but say: «I believe in whatsoever Allâh has sent down of the Book [all the holy Books, — this Qur» ân and the Books of the old from the Taurât (Torah), or the Injeel (Gospel) or the Pages of Ibrâhîm (Abraham)-RSB- and I am commanded to do justice among you.

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

The two main commandments Jesus gave in John 13:34 seem to be complemented by Acts 15:20 («But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.»).

... Those who make a great profession of religion have need to walk very circumspectly, to abstain from all appearances of evil, and approaches towards it, because many eyes are upon them, that watch for their halting; their character is soon sullied (defiled, tainted), and they have a great deal of reputation to lose.

Traditionally, Christians abstained from eating meat during Lent, so consider joining millions of fellow Christ - followers around the world in this fast.

Pastors and mentors will of course feel compelled to offer guidance and prayer as young adults navigate the tricky terrain of sexuality, but they should not be deceived into thinking that the all the questions about faith, science, technology, religious pluralism, politics, justice, equality, and ethics emerging from the Millennial generation are related to sex and can be solved by abstaining from it.

It is also a principle of Islam that if a sinner repents and abstains from committing further sins because of fear of God and a determination to uphold His orders, God has pledged to forgive the sin.

And, while he ordered them to eat some of the things forbidden by the Law, he ordered them to abstain from others.