Featured Query

// WP_Query arguments
$args = array(
	'posts_per_page'         => '3',
	'order'                  => 'ASC',
);

// The Query
$featured_posts = new WP_Query( $args );

// The Loop
if ( $featured_posts->have_posts() ) {
	while ( $featured_posts->have_posts() ) {
		$featured_posts->the_post();
		// do something
	}
} else {
	// no posts found
}

// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();