"I've failed too many times to have authority over the enemy now"
How it sounds in your head: How can you command demons when you fell to porn last week? How can you speak with authority when your marriage is a mess and your kids are rebelling? The enemy knows your track record.
"There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit."
-- Romans 8:1Source: enemy - using past failures to disqualify present authority
You feel like a hypocrite speaking truth when your life shows repeated failure. The gap between what you know and how you live feels disqualifying.
Peter had denied Jesus three times just weeks earlier - cursing and swearing he didn't know Him. Yet when the lame beggar asked for money, Peter said, 'In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.' IMMEDIATELY the man's feet and ankles were made strong.
I REFUSE the lie that my past failures cancel my present authority. IT IS WRITTEN that there is NOW no condemnation to those in Christ - which means my righteousness is GIFT, not grade. My authority flows from Jesus' perfection, not my performance. IT IS WRITTEN that I am the righteousness of God IN CHRIST. The enemy has no legal right to my life - the blood of Jesus silenced every accusation. The BARAK protected Abraham THE LIAR, Jacob THE DECEIVER, and Judah THE ADULTERER - how much more does Christ's blood secure my position? I am SEATED in heavenly places, far above all rule and authority, and that seat doesn't have an ejection button.
The Father isn't waiting for you to rack up enough wins to qualify for authority - He qualified you by the blood of His Son, and no failure can unqualify what grace has established. You're not on probation; you're in position.