"May the spirit of Jesus come in to mold your hearts, to fashion your characters, to elevate and ennoble your souls! Christ said to His disciples: “Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” There is need of laying aside these cast-iron rules, of coming down from these stilts, to the humbleness of the child. Oh, that some of the spirit of severity may change to a spirit of love, that happiness and sunshine may take the place of discouragement and grief! 5T 654.1"
"And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven."
EGW directly quotes Matthew 18:3.
"“It was not long after the passing of the time in 1844 that my first vision was given me. I was visiting a dear sister in Christ, whose heart was knit with mine; five of us, all women, were kneeling quietly at the family altar. While we were praying, the power of God came upon me as I had never felt it before. I seemed to be surrounded with light, and to be rising higher and higher from the earth.” [ Testimonies for the Church 1:58 .] At this time I had a view of the experience of the advent believers, the coming of Christ, and the reward to be given to the faithful. 5T 654.3"
"I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"
Both passages describe a person being 'in the Spirit' and receiving a vision. While the details differ, the overall experience shares a thematic similarity.