1st. Submit to God. He will forgive.
GO and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord, Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you.
Jeremiah 3:12-14.
I WILL heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
Hosea 14:4.
2nd. Confess to God.
I ACKNOWLEDGED my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Psalms 32:5.
IF we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I John 1:9.
3rd. Turn to God.
THEREFORE turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Hosea 12:6.
IF thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Job 22:23.
AND He is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
I John 2:2
Some say they are backsliders, but are not, for they have never slid forward.