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Have you ever fallen asleep in church while the pastor was preaching? I think almost everyone has done this at one time or another. Sometimes you are listening when all of a sudden your eyes just get heavier and heavier, and you fall asleep. It doesn't only happen in church. Some people fall asleep while they are watching TV or riding in the car. There is nothing wrong with it, but I suppose that it can be a little embarrassing.

St. Paul had it happen to one of his listeners. There was a young boy by the name of Eutychus who came to a meeting in Troas; Turkey with his parents. It was a communion service, and St. Paul was rather new in the community. He began to preach, and the Bible says that he preached on and on. Poor Eutychus was sitting on the window sill and the window …