A Simple Explanation

1. God is the Father.
2. Jesus is His Son.
3. God sends in the name of Jesus (meaning to believers upon Jesus’ request) the Holy Spirit as our Guide.  (Other synonyms for Guide include Helper, Advocate, Comforter, Teacher, Counselor, and Spirit  to name a few.)  With all due respect, I refer to the Holy Spirit as my inner voice.
4. We pray to the Father in the name of Jesus who sends us the Holy Spirit.

It IS this simple.

John 3:16 … “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him (The Son of God) should not perish but have everlasting life.”

John 6:29 … “…This is the work of God, that you believe in Him (Jesus) whom He (God) sent.”

John 14:16-17 … “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper (the Holy Spirit), that He (the Holy Spirit) may abide with you forever – the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him (the Holy Spirit) nor knows Him (the Holy Spirit), but you know Him (the Holy Spirit), for He (the Holy Spirit) dwells with you and will be in you.”

John 14:26 … “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”