"With diligent searching of heart and humble confessions, we came prayerfully up to the time of expectation. Every morning we felt that it was our first work to secure the evidence that our lives were right before God. We realized that if we were not advancing in holiness, we were sure to retrograde. Our interest for one another increased; we prayed much with and for one another. We assembled in the orchards and groves to commune with God and to offer up our petitions to Him, feeling more fully in His presence when surrounded by His natural works. The joys of salvation were more necessary to us than our food and drink. If clouds obscured our minds, we dared not rest or sleep till they were swept away by the consciousness of our acceptance with the Lord. LS 60.3"
"Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:"
The EGW passage describes striving for holiness and a right relationship with God, which aligns with the principle in Hebrews 12:14 that holiness is necessary to see the Lord. The connection is a direct principle.
"Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?"
The EGW passage describes examining one's heart and ensuring one's life is right before God, which directly reflects the call to self-examination in 2 Corinthians 13:5. The connection is a direct principle.