This is what I think most people experience, although I would never claim to speak for all Christians.
Belief in God in the Bible is usually equivelized to faith. There are over 35 verses in the KJV of the New Testament in Bible that tell us it is "by faith" that we are saved. Which is pretty much 'belief'.
When one is saved by God there are things that God gives us to help us walk with Him. He does not leave us alone or without resources.
John 14:16-17
"I will ask the Father, and He will
give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you."
2 Corinthians 3:3
It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry,
written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
Jeremiah 31:33
33
"But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD, "I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34"They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the LORD, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
John 14:26
26
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you. 27Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid."
John 10:28-29
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. 29
My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30I and the Father are one.”
John 16:7-8
7 But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. 8
And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
1 Corinthians 2:15-16
15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.
16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?”
But we have the mind of Christ.
The main way that the Holy Spirit teaches us is through our reading and understanding of God's Word. That is how we get to know God and many times how the Holy Spirit teaches. When we ask God for answers, He gives us answers. Like this verse says:
Matthew 7:7-8
7
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who
asks receives; he who
seeks finds; and to him who
knocks, the
door will be opened.
One comes to 'Know' their is a God as their faith grows and as they see God moving in their lives. But God does not hit you over the head with a bat. In His Word He tells us what He has given us and how we are to seek Him.
Seek Him with all your heart. Knock on the door, ask God to show you. Ask God to give you His spiritual riches (these are not monetary riches, but spiritual riches)
Does this make sense? Any other questions?
Do you feel that you have been given the Holy Spirit?