I think training or mastering is a correct way of seeing how to go about these desires with prudence, so right on. Stories and parables appeal to those senses and help influence our affections. unfortunately, I run into a lot of Christians who believe that they themselves order their own desires. They take the Bible as any other motivational book instead of a glorious historical story, that shapes the whole person, not just the intellect. The Pharisees saw scripture like this and created extra biblical burdens that didn’t exist, as they failed to recognize that they were chosen to be a conduit for virtue.