When my husband's courage and hope began to waver, we could not benefit anyone at that place and could not be benefited by a further experience there. It was the will of God that my husband should not remain there shorn of his strength, but that in his state of weakness he should go among his brethren who could help him bear his afflictions. While separated from God's people in our affliction, we had an opportunity to reflect, to carefully review our past life, and see our mistakes and wrongs, and to humble ourselves before God and seek His face by confession, humility, and frequent, earnest prayer. While engaged in active labor, bearing the burdens of others, and pressed with many cares, it was impossible for us to find time to reflect and carefully review the past, and learn the lessons which God saw that it was necessary for us to learn. I was then shown that God could not glorify His name by answering the supplications of His people and raising my husband to health in answer to the…
"Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ."
The EGW passage speaks of brethren helping to bear afflictions, which aligns with the concept of bearing one another's burdens in Galatians 6:2.
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
The EGW passage discusses confession, prayer, and healing, all of which are central themes in James 5:16.
"Said the angel: “God will be glorified in the restoration of His servant to health. God has heard the prayers of His servants. His arms are beneath His afflicted servant. God has the case, and he must, although afflicted, dismiss his fears, his anxiety, his doubts and unbelief, and calmly trust in the great yet merciful God, who pities, loves, and cares for him. He will have conflicts with the enemy, but should ever be comforted with the remembrance that a stronger than the enemy has charge of him, and he need not fear. By faith rely on the evidences which God has been pleased to give, and he will gloriously triumph in God.” 1T 617.2"
"The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles."
Both passages highlight God's attentiveness to the prayers of the righteous and His deliverance from troubles. The EGW passage provides a more detailed context of affliction and reliance on God's care.
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."
Both passages emphasize trusting in God during affliction and casting burdens upon Him. The EGW passage expands on this theme with specific encouragement to dismiss fears and anxieties.
"For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways."
The EGW passage speaks of God's care and protection, while Psalm 91:11 explicitly mentions angels being charged to protect. The connection is thematic, focusing on divine protection, but not a direct allusion.