We are not the only generation to experience stressful times. In the Bible these times are referred to with such words as:
Famine
Lean Years
Want
Lack
It is an interesting study to see how God worked through famines and what happened to people who did not respond in faith to seasons of famine.
Christianity was made for extreme times.

DON'T LET OTHERS CONTROL YOU

Right now, there are hundreds of radio frequencies in the air, hundreds of television signals all around you. But, you don’t hear them all. The reason is that you’re not tuned in. If you tune a radio or television to one of those frequencies, then you would pick up the signal.
 In the same way, God is constantly transmitting to us. He wants to lead us, guide us, protect us and give us insight. But too often, we’re not tuned to His frequency. You have to pay attention to Him and learn His voice. God doesn’t speak to us most of the time out loud. He speaks to us through subtle things.