For many people decisions are mostly made based on feelings. Feeling, or emotions, are real and should not be denied or ignored. However, making decision based on feeling/emotions, without reason and conscience is very dangerous . When feelings are allowed to control the will, it will always lead to destruction. Feelings can lie! Consider what the Bible says in James 1:13, 14; “13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire (feelings) and enticed.” (NIV; emphasis mine)

I remeber, in the late sixties and early seventies, there was a popular
moto the said; “If it feels good, do it”. When I look at society today,
it seems that the moto has taken over popular thinking. That’s why
advertizers use 30 second commercials to tell us how we should feel
about a certain product. Don’t think about it, just do it.

Using reason to work through our feelings and consider all the facts, will cause us to make better decisions. God gave us the power of reason to seperate us from the animals. Reason is part of what is called our “Spiritual Nature.” Reason allows us to look at the root of the feelings and look beyound them.