Adjusting the Homepage Featured Section

I would like to use the Homepage Featured Section but is there anyway I could show here my most popular posts OR have this 4 pictures as the newest posts and the posts under the section follow up after the 4 most recent ones?

I hope somebody understands my question. It’s just that right now my 4 first posts are always the same as the 4 from the Feature Section, because I have to select all categories.
Maybe more clear if you look at my website

Thanks for any help.