Ellen White’s writings offer practical and spiritual counsel on how to stay sexually pure. Here are key principles, with supporting annotation text from her books: 1. Guard Your Associations and Thoughts - “Keep clear of the boys. In their society your temptations become earnest and powerful. ... Positively guard your thoughts, your passions, and your affections. Do not degrade these to minister to lust. Elevate them to purity, devote them to God.” (2T 564.1) - “Avoid reading, seeing, or hearing that which will suggest impure thoughts. The mind should not be left to wander at random upon every subject that the adversary of souls may suggest.” (PP 460.2) 2. Earnest Prayer and Watchfulness - “You must watch, you must pray, you must meditate, you must investigate your motives and your actions. Closely analyze your feelings and your acts.” (2T 564.2) - “This will require earnest prayer and unceasing watchfulness. We must be aided by the abiding influence of the Holy Spirit, which will attract the mind upward, and habituate it to dwell on pure and holy things.” (PP 460.2) 3. Study and Apply God’s Word - “Give diligent study to the word of God. ‘Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to Thy word.’ ‘Thy word,’ says the psalmist, ‘have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee.’” (PP 460.2) 4. Avoid Tempting Situations - “Shield them, as faithful mothers should, from becoming contaminated by associating with every young companion. ... In no case allow these associates to lodge in the same bed, or even in the same room. It will be far easier to prevent an evil than to cure it afterward.” (ApM 13.1) 5. Cultivate Purity and Modesty - “Virtue and modesty are rare. I appeal to you as followers of Christ, in view of your high profession, to cherish the priceless gem of modesty. ... Seek purity; for nothing else will abide the searching test of the day of God, and be received into a pure and holy heaven.” (CTBH 131.2) 6. Control the Body and Passions - “We are under solemn obligations to God to keep the spirit pure and the body healthy, that we may be a benefit to humanity, and render to God perfect service. ... ‘Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.’” (2T 381.2) - “Cultivate the higher powers of the mind, and there will be less strength of growth of the animal. ... ‘I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.’” (2T 413.2) 7. Practical Habits - “Frequent bathing is very beneficial, especially at night, just before retiring, or upon rising in the morning. ... This brings the blood to the surface, relieving the brain; and there will be less inclination to indulge in impure practices.” (CTBH 141.4) - “Having the clothing neat and clean will be one means of keeping the thoughts pure and sweet.” (CTBH 142.1) 8. Seek God’s Help and Repent When Needed - “Your only hope now is to sincerely repent of your past transgressions of God's law and purify your soul by obeying the truth. Cultivate purity of thought and purity of life. The grace of God will be your strength to restrain your passions and curb your appetites.” (2T 91.2) Summary: Staying sexually pure involves guarding your thoughts and associations, earnest prayer, diligent Bible study, avoiding tempting situations, cultivating modesty, controlling bodily passions, maintaining practical habits of cleanliness, and seeking God’s help through repentance and faith. If you need more specific guidance or have a particular situation in mind, please let me know! References: - White, E. G. (1870). Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 2 (2T). - White, E. G. (1890). Patriarchs and Prophets (PP). - White, E. G. (1890). Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene (CTBH). - White, E. G. (1923). An Appeal to Mothers (ApM).